Recently, friends asked me to look at the computer and, as an option, it might be necessary to reinstall Windows. And so it happened. An almost new licensed version of, naturally, Windows 7 Professional was installed. Although the computer was not a gaming one, the owner asked to install several simple games, such as Zuma and various card games. And if the first game would have to be taken from somewhere in any case, then solitaire, solitaire and the like, as far as I remembered, should have been pre-installed in the OS. But I was wrong. More precisely, not quite. Standard Windows games are present in the system, but are disabled by default. Fortunately, it is possible and quite easy to enable.
Go to the Start menu and open the Control Panel.
In the control panel, turn on the “Category” view mode, find the “Programs” section in the list and open it.
The Windows Components window opens. In it we find the “Games” item and activate either it, or by expanding the list, select only the games we need. After that, click “OK”
We are waiting for Windows to update the components.
Now open the “Start” menu again, go to the “All Programs” tab, find the “Games” folder and we can spend our money again work time for games.
In this article we will tell you how to enable standard games in Windows 7 if they have been disabled.
It often happens that in offices or other workplaces where there is a computer, standard games (scarf, minesweeper and others) are turned off. In this article we will look at how to turn games back on.
Step 1: Start and Control Panel
First of all, go to the control panel. For this we choose Start – Control Panel.
Step 2: Programs and Features
In the window that opens, find the item “ Programs and components
Step 3: Enable or disable components
In the “Uninstall and change programs” window, in the left column we find the item “ Enable and disable Windows components "and click on it with the left mouse button:
Step 4: Turn Windows features on or off window
In it we find an item called “ Games" and place a check mark next to it. You can also expand it and select only the games you need. Then click OK and wait for the changes to take effect.
In the new operating room Windows system 10, however, as in Windows 8/8.1, you will no longer find the standard set of games (Mineweeper, Klondike, Solitaire, etc.) included by default in the standard list Windows applications 7, users are now encouraged to obtain and install most applications, including games, through the Microsoft Store. However, there is an easy way, bypassing the Store, to play Solitaire, Minesweeper and other standard games on Windows 10.
How to play standard games on Windows 10
To run Spider, Solitaire, Solitaire, etc. on Windows 10 (also relevant for G8), just download and install special program– “Windows 7 games for Windows 8 and 10" (direct download link at the end of the article, file size - 170 MB). The beauty of this program is that it includes only original files from Windows 7, and therefore simply adds the ability to run stock games on Windows 10, in the same way as in Windows 7.
Let's take a quick look at the installation process.
So, download the program and start the installation process. At the first stage, we select the interface language (35 languages are supported, including Russian and Ukrainian).
Select the games that are needed and click next.
Installation folder. It is not recommended to change the default path, because... then the games may not work correctly.
Completing the installation wizard, click “Finish”.
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