

The answer is really quite interesting, and steeped in the skills, or rather lack of skills, of people who were early adopters of home computers. Windows is a computer operating system and graphical user interface, not a gaming platform. But have you ever stopped to think about why it was ever a part of Windows in the first place? In that case, and just to illustrate how much time has passed since then, Keith wanted to move it from a Windows XP machine to his “new Dell with Vista.” Ah, those were the days! (*SHUDDER*) asked a very similar question about moving Solitaire (I.G.T.M.

com) and sure enough, way back when the column was relatively young, reader Keith S. So I searched the column archives over at (not. More: Gmail's format doesn't translate well to all cellphones | It's Geek to MeĪ: Your question had a ring of familiarity to it, Gordon. Click Extract all on Explorer’s command bar.Previous column: Keeping up with today's TV technology is not easy | It's Geek to Me.Double-click the "Windows 7 Games for Windows 11 and Windows 10" ZIP file to open it.Click File Explorer’s taskbar bar, and then open the folder the Windows 7 Games for Windows 11 and Windows 10 ZIP archive downloaded to.Open the Windows 7 Games for Windows 11 and Windows 10 download page.This is how to restore those casual games with Windows 7 Games for Windows 11 and Windows 10. However, Spades, Backgammon, Checkers, Minesweeper, Hearts, Purple Place, Mahjong, and Chess are all missing. These are all the casual games you can install with it:Īs Windows 11’s Solitaire Collection app includes three of those games, you won’t need to install them all. That software enables you to selectively install the classic casual games from Windows 7 you want to play. Windows 7 Games for Windows 11 and Windows 10 is a third-party software package that includes all the casual games that came with Windows 7.
