The Games pack bundled with Windows Vista and Windows 7 included some some nice piece of software like Chess Titans, Mahjong Titans and Purble Place and some card games. Microsoft decided not to include the Games pack in Windows 10, as it now offers Modern or UWP version of some of those games from the Windows Store, which are ads supported.
If you’re an ardent fan of the classic Windows Vista/7 Games Explorer pack, you can download them from the links below and play them in Windows 10.
Note that each .zip file includes a custom built version of the software licensing verification file “slc.dll” (via MyDigitalLife forum members), and a patched version of “CardGames.dll” for card games like Solitaire, FreeCell etc. so that these games can run fine on Windows 10 systems.
Download Windows 7 Games for Windows 10
Download Chess Titans
Download FreeCell
Download Hearts
Download Mahjong Titans
Download Minesweeper
Download Purble Place
Download Solitaire
Download SpiderSolitaire
Multiplayer Internet Games
In each .zip file, Language-specific resource files (*.MUI) for different OS languages are included. MUI files are included for the following languages:
ar-SA
bg-BG
cs-CZ
da-DK
de-DE
el-GR
en-US
es-ES
et-EE
fi-FI
fr-FR
he-IL
hr-HR
hu-HU
it-IT
ja-JP
ko-KR
lt-LT
lv-LV
nb-NO
nl-NL
pl-PL
pt-BR
pt-PT
ro-RO
ru-RU
sk-SK
sl-SI
sr-Latn-CS
sv-SE
th-TH
tr-TR
uk-UA
zh-CN
zh-TW
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Great post! Thank you a million Billion! I would appreciate it greatly if you could find and psot link(s) to the Multiplayer Internet Games: Backgammon, Spades and Checkers.
You are the best!
–Keith D. Swartz
Thank you very much!
@Angelina: You’re welcome!
I do not like the design of playing card used in many of these games. I enjoyed the more conventional design (in UK at least) used in Windows XP. Since then I have successfully carried Freecell, Hearts Solitaire and Spider over through Vista 7 8 and 10. Just need to remember to transfer the cards.dll file as well as the file for each game.
@Anthony: Will try that method (cards.dll). Have to get it from XP DVD.
I love Mahjong Titans, thanks very much for providing my favourite version 😀
thank you very much
still can’t erase scores for solitare no one knows how just have to quit playing and delete what a waste
Thank you very very much , I looking for this a long time.
Thank you for including my favorite versions of my favorite games. This service is well worth $1.00 a month.