free cell

[DWFII]

I suppose this is a silly question but I really miss free cell on windows 7. I tried copying freecell.exe and cards.dll from my XP system to the windows system32 directory on thge Win7 box but that didn't work. 7 complains that cards.dll is not on the system.

anyone got any suggestions?

 

[CarlTR6]

I do have Freecell on my Win7 system. Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off

 

[DWFII]

How's that? I have win 7 pro x64...pre-installed by Dell...and no freecell came with it.

 

[gladson1976]

just copy the cards.dll from the XP system32 folder to the 7 system32 folder. Vista and 7 don't have the cards.dll.

 

[CarlTR6]

Hmm, I have a retail Ultimate version. I was not aware that the different versions had different games. I will have to research that.

I edited my first post to include a snip of my "Turn Windows features on or off". What does yours show? If Freecell is listed but not checked, check it and reboot. If it is not there, maybe you can download it.

 

[CarlTR6]

Here are a couple of references to help you:

Add XP Freecell to Windows 7

Download Freecell

 

[s3v3n us3r]

Dang, same here - have the Win7 Freecell on my Win7 Home Premium but not on my Win7 Professional.

 

[Greg S]

Dang, same here - have the Win7 Freecell on my Win7 Home Premium but not on my Win7 Professional.

Windows 7 Pro here and Free Cell came with it.

 

[s3v3n us3r]

Got it!

Answers Home Page[/url]]
Check whether the games have been turned off in the Turn Windows Features on or off.

To turn Windows features on, follow this step:
1. Click the Start button, click Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Turn Windows features on or off. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
2. To turn a Windows feature on, select the check box next to the feature (i.e Games). Click OK.
Refer this link for more information:
Turn Windows features on or off
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Turn-Windows-features-on-or-off
Regards,
Divya R – Microsoft Support.

 

[kilo989]

freecell.exe to system32 folder

cards.dll to system folder

 

[Maccman]

Here are a couple of references to help you:

Add XP Freecell to Windows 7

Download Freecell

Followed the top link and now it is working. Thanks Carl.

 

[Lukeup]

xp pro freecell

I like xp pro freecell better than the win7 freecell. just copy freecell.exe and cards.dll to a temp folder (does not have to be system folder) and play away. Works fine on win7 pro 64bit.

 

[Alejandro85]

If you copy cards.dll to system folders, remember to put in in syswow64 on x64 systems, not in system32.

BTW, why to resurrect an old thread?