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Installing solitaire and other standard games on Windows 10
To install standard games in Windows 10, third-party developers have released a free package “Windows 7 games for Windows 10”, which allows you to install all old games, or only some of them, and these games support the Russian language.
Before talking about where to download it, I will warn you that it is better to check such things with an antivirus first: although my scan shows that the file is safe, over time this may not be the case.
No activation of Windows 10 / are there any restrictions
Installing games is not much different from installing other programs: just select the desired games from the list, change the installation parameters if desired, and wait for the process to complete.
Upon completion, in the “All applications” list in the “Games” section of the start menu, you will see everything that you installed - Klondike, Spider, Minesweeper and other entertainment familiar to an office worker, all in Russian.
Open Shell - installing the start menu from Windows 7 in Windows 10 and instead of Classic Shell
You can download solitaire and other standard games for Windows 10 for free at the following address: winaero.com/download.php?view.1836 (On the page, click “Download Windows 7 games for Windows 10”. Please let me know in the comments if it suddenly stops working Don't forget to check with antivirus.) At this point in time, this is the source that is most credible.
Downloading games
There are two ways to download games to your tablet: through the Microsoft store and third-party resources. It is recommended to use exclusively the first method, since it is more secure - only applications that have passed moderation are included on the official platform, which is why the chance of stumbling upon a program with malicious code is close to zero.
Microsoft is not responsible for games hosted on third-party sites: if they corrupt your files or break your system, no compensation will follow. Of course, there are resources that are very careful about the security of the content they post, checking all incoming files for viruses. But you have to choose for yourself which sites you will trust and which ones you won’t.
Through the official store
All tablets, like all other Windows 10 devices, have the Microsoft Store, the official store app, by default. It is where almost all currently existing games and applications are located:
- Find it in the main menu of the tablet or the list of Store programs and launch it.
Opening Windows Store
- On the first page there is a list of the most popular programs. In the future, it will change slightly, adapting to your preferences: a smart algorithm will track which applications you download and use, and based on this data, it will begin to show the programs that are most suitable for you personally. You can also see buttons that allow you to go to the tops - lists of games sorted by the largest number of downloads, popularity and user ratings.
Best games and tops
- If you want to search for a specific game, click on the “Search for Games” button and enter the name of the desired application. The store will perform a search and provide you with a list of programs whose title or description contains the word you entered. To access detailed information and installation, select a game from the list provided.
Select an application from the list
- Once you select a game, you will see its description, screenshots from the gameplay and, possibly, a video about it. By going to the “Information” tab, you can view technical data: publication date, version, size, address for contacting the developer.
- In the “Reviews” tab, you can read comments from people who have already tried the game on their device. Be sure to read reviews and look at the game's rating before installing it. Perhaps the information received will make you change your mind and allow you not to waste time on low-quality content.
There is information about the game in different tabs
- To download the application, use the "Install" button. The duration of the installation procedure depends on the following parameters: device performance, application size and Internet speed.
Why is there no released game in the store?
If you are sure that a certain game has been released, but cannot find it in the store, then pay attention to the following reasons:
- Maybe the program you are looking for has not passed moderation for some reason. In this case, you can find the game on third-party resources, but it will not be in the official store. Before you look for it, think about it: maybe it wasn’t allowed into the store for some compelling reasons, and it’s really not worth installing;
- Some developers set restrictions on certain regions. For example, the game may not be available in Russia. There are ways to bypass this prohibition: use a VPN or change the location in your Microsoft account settings;
- your device does not support the game. The hardware or software of your tablet is outdated, so the store will not give you an application that obviously cannot work fully on the device. The solution is to update the operating system (this will help if it is it that fails, and not the tablet’s hardware) or purchase a more modern tablet.
For the reasons described above, some games may be available in your friend's store but not appear in the app list when you search on your device.
Through third party resources
If the application you need is not in the Microsoft Store, you can take a chance and download it from a third-party resource. It is first recommended to download any, at least free, antivirus from the official store.
Windows Phone applications are stored in .xap format. It will not be possible to install files of this extension without a computer, since by default the operating system blocks the installation of any programs not from the store. This was done for security purposes to prevent an inexperienced user from downloading a malicious utility.
- First, you need to activate developer mode so that the computer has the right to change the tablet's settings. While in the device settings, go to the update and security section.
Open the “Updates and Security” section
- Select the sub-item for developers.
Open the “For Developers” section
- Activate the special mode by placing a dot in the circle next to it.
Enable developer mode
- Download the free Windows Phone Application Deployment application to your computer (you will have to download and install the developer library and find the AppDeploy.exe program in it - https://developer.microsoft.com/ru-ru/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk ). After launching the utility, specify the device on which the game will be installed and write the path to the installer file containing the game.
Specify the device and path to the file
- After starting the installation and waiting for it to finish, you will see that the game you need appears in the list of device programs.
The program appeared in the list
Video: installing games on Windows Phone
Using Missed Features Installer 10 to install standard games
Another option to install Spider, Klondike and other games from Windows 7 on Windows 10 is to use the Missed Features 10 package, which is a set of Windows components that were present in previous versions of the OS, but are missing in new ones. There are also games there.
The components of Missed Features Installer 10 are an ISO image, after mounting it, you just need to run the mfi.exe file located there and select from the menu what exactly you want to install. You can download MFI10 from the official page mfi-project.weebly.com or mfi.webs.com.
How to Install Windows 10 on Mac
Uninstalling apps
You can't manually remove apps installed from the Windows Store or other sources. Instead, you should use Computer Settings, Command Prompt, PowerShell, or other system tools.
Via the Start menu
The Start menu contains a complete list of programs installed on your computer. Find in it the application you want to erase, right-click on it and indicate that you want to remove it. Confirm the action to start the cleaning procedure.
Through parameters
Removal can also be done through the computer settings:
Installing games from the store
In addition to the method described above, you can install new versions of old games from the Windows 10 app store. Just go to the store and look for what you need: there you will also find free Spider Solitaire and Minesweeper (available only by searching Minesweeper at the moment ) and others.
Perhaps their interface and operation will be unusual at first, but it may well turn out that you may like some of the implementations even more than the original one from Microsoft.
Install the Windows 7 start menu in Windows 10
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Now let's talk about pirate games
Games from Blizzard, as mentioned above, have become entirely online, so in fact there is nothing to pirate.
But you will have to tinker with pirated Steam games, since saves, as mentioned above, have a digital code.
You can find this digital code through the same SteamDB, just enter the name of the game in the search, and also select the Game item in the App Type menu, or you can go to Google with the request “where does the licensed version of GameName store saves” or “where is Steam- "GameName" version stores saves.
Once you have found out the AppID, feel free to run a search on drive C or on the drive where you have Windows installed. The fact is that various repackers and hackers place saves of pirated games released on Steam in completely different folders, these can be system folders like “Roaming”, “ProgramData”, subfolders with the names of release groups or hackers. Manually going through all the options is just a waste of time.
Found nothing? Probably, saves for this game were made according to its name, this also happens, but less often. Search for the game keyword again, but first check the My Documents folder, as well as the MyGames subfolder.
