When I changed to Windows 10 on my desktop, I had the address of freecell from my old program.

Freecell has just stopped working - it wont open.

Does anyone know the address of the old Microsoft games so I can download again please.Here is what works for me.
I made a directory on another drive and named it FreeCell. The I copied the contents of the Free Cell directory found in Window XP. Then I made a shortcut to the EXE file in the new directory.
It work great! No internet needed. It is the same old Free Cell from Windows XP.
My PC is a multi-boot. But I can not run program in the partition of the other system. So I have a DATA partition I use for my documents and also for running 'portable' programs like Free Cell.
The XP version of Free Cell works good in Windows 7 and Windows 10. Of curse, it and DLL files must be copied to another placeto avoid permission problems.
Microsoft Removed All the card games from Windows 10.

Windows 10 instead ADDS the "Microsoft Solitaire collection" a new "App" included with Windows 10. This includes most of the same card games. However, this time around, the program is infested with ads unless you pay for a "subscription". That last aspect may be why, when upgrading, the existing Card games are wholly removed from your system without asking. Somewhat unscrupulous if you ask me.

Thankfully, as Geek-9pm said, you can copy *most* of those card games- Freecell for example- from a previous install of Windows. However, this primarily applies to XP. You can't copy the WIndows Vista or Windows 7 versions of those programs over and have them function.

There is a "third party" package/installer that installs these programs onto Windows 10. you can find it here. I have it installed and as far as I was able to determine at that time, it is legitimate and doesn't install anything questionable, but your mileage may vary.

Well it so happens I didnt have XP - I had windows 7, and was given the address. I can't access win7 now. It h as only happened since I LET Win10 do the latest download last night. Is there anyway I can reverse the download, if I have to.I ended up asking Microsoft for help - all good now, thanks.joodyanne,
Curious Minds Need to Know.
What did Microsoft do for you. I knew you'd ask that, and if I knew, I would TELL you.

I used their remote control service. I know they uninstalled something and reinstalled it, but sorry, I don't know what else. They did back it up.I dont know if this'll work with W-10 but, if you hold down 'shift' & 'control' then HIT 'F-10', you just won the game!! (after ctl/shft-f10, click on any card)

well, its about freecell.I'll try it thanks Greenhorn.

Anyway thanks for all your help, we could probably close this thread now.Quote from: joodyanne on June 09, 2018, 04:53:09 PM

I'll try it thanks Greenhorn.

Anyway thanks for all your help, we could probably close this thread now.