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"Rahmat" <Rahmat.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:87AC4E23-C144-4B89-B770-BF9E38C758A8@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> SP3 doesn;t have this game?
> Where I can download online from internet?
>
> "Olórin" wrote:
>
>> "jim" <jim.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F2943DD9-3F5A-4EC4-86E6-892301373E88@microsoft.com...
>> > Thank you olorin, that has worked by pasteing them into system32 and
>> > making a
>> > shortcut, i dont know how i managed to delete them. The shop where i
>> > bought
>> > the computer from said that he would put it on for me and give me a
>> > disk
>> > to
>> > take home when i got home however the disk was not there and thought i
>> > could
>> > make a back up, but all attempts so far have failed. Do you know where
>> > i
>> > can
>> > get a windows xp home edition repair disk or os disk please mate and
>> > thanks
>> > again.
>> > --
>> > jim
>> >
>> >
>> > "Olórin" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "jim" <jim.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:256B1868-32D0-4360-A08E-57721D57591D@microsoft.com...
>> >> > thank you but the add remove windows components won't work without
>> >> > the
>> >> > disk
>> >> > and when i tried runing freecell.exe it says not found. could i copy
>> >> > them
>> >> > or
>> >> > the access and utilities bit from another computer to a usb mass
>> >> > storage
>> >> > device and install them then please?
>> >> > --
>> >> > jim
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Olórin" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> "jim" <jim.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:D407A1B0-C92B-4A99-8F42-B25550764961@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> >i have mistakingly deleted freecell, hearts,solitaire,minesweeper
>> >> >> >and
>> >> >> >the
>> >> >> > inernet option games from the games menu. i do not have my xp
>> >> >> > home
>> >> >> > edition
>> >> >> > disk so can they be downloaded or copied and installed from
>> >> >> > another
>> >> >> > computer?
>> >> >> > many thanks,
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > jim
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You've (probably) just deleted the shortcuts to these games. In the
>> >> >> first
>> >> >> place, check your Recycle Bin in case they're there.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You could recreate them by making shortcuts to
>> >> >> C:\WINDOWS\system32\freecell.exe, mshearts.exe, sol.exe,
>> >> >> winmine.exe
>> >> >> for
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> non-Internet ones, etc, but it would be quicker to remove and
>> >> >> re-add
>> >> >> them
>> >> >> as
>> >> >> components of Windows:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows
>> >> >> Components
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> Accessories and Utilities > Details button > Games
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Untick it and OK your way out, then go back in and tick it, and OK
>> >> >> your
>> >> >> way
>> >> >> out. That should put them back in your menu.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >> Quite possibly you could copy and paste (not "install") the files with
>> >> a
>> >> USB
>> >> memory stick - give it a try. Not so "the access and utilities bit".
>> >>
>> >> You won't be able to download them from the Internet - not from any
>> >> legal
>> >> locations, anyway. But - what exactly did you *do* to get into this
>> >> position? You said you deleted items from the games menu - is this the
>> >> menu
>> >> you get to after clicking on the Start button and then going to All
>> >> Programs
>> >> (or just Programs)? Does the file freecell.exe exist in your system32
>> >> directory? It won't have been deleted by your merely deleting its
>> >> shortcut.
>> >>
>> >> Why don't you have the XP disc? It would be a good idea to sort
>> >> yourself
>> >> out
>> >> a replacement now, before you *really* need it! The person you got the
>> >> computer from should have provided a disc or means of making one -
>> >> maybe
>> >> from files in a partition on the machine.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>> I believe the seller had an obligation to provide you with a disc or
>> means
>> of making one - at the least, some means for you to be able to bring the
>> system back to the state it was in when you walked out of the shop.
>>
>> You can't make one yourself from your installation (wouldn't that be a
>> good
>> idea!) - only perhaps from a special partition that the maker might have
>> created with the necessary files in.
>>
>> So rather than *you* running around trying to rustle a disc up, I'd say
>> your
>> first step should be to contact the seller and get one from *him*, if
>> that's
>> at all possible.
>>
>> Other than that, it depends on exactly what version of XP you've got -
>> OEM
>> or retail. You might be able to get a disc from the makers, eg Dell,
>> Compaq
>> etc, via their website for a fee - though you said you have XP Home so I
>> think that narrows it down - I'm not sure it can be OEM and Home, others
>> here will jump in on that. There are different flavours of OEM, too.
>>
>> re the Internet Games which you also said you're missing: here are the
>> shortcut names and names of the files they point to so you can re-create
>> them:
>>
>> Internet Spades - target: "C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming
>> Zone\Windows\shvlzm.exe" - Start in: %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
>> Internet Reversi - "C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone\Windows\Rvsezm.exe",
>> rest the same
>> Internet Checkers - "C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone\Windows\chkrzm.exe"
>> Internet Backgammon - "C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming
>> Zone\Windows\bckgzm.exe"
>> Internet Hearts - "C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone\Windows\hrtzzm.exe"
>>
>> Were there others? I also have Spider Solitaire and Pinball in mine...
>>
>>
>>

"SP3 doesn;t have this game?"

Which game are you talking about in this
statement-with-a-question-mark-tacked-on-the-end? Four plus Internet Games
are under discussion here.

And no, SP3 doesn't have the standard Windows games. It just doesn't. Did
you have them before installing SP3? Have you tried my previous suggestion
using Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components
> Accessories and Utilities > Details button > Games? How about copying them
over? Have you actually read the earlier posts in this thread?

I don't believe you can (legally) download these games, though I'm open to
correction here (eg TechNet subscribers?)

"Olórin" wrote:

> "jim" <jim RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D407A1B0-C92B-4A99-8F42-B25550764961@microsoft.com...
> >i have mistakingly deleted freecell, hearts,solitaire,minesweeper and the
> > inernet option games from the games menu. i do not have my xp home edition
> > disk so can they be downloaded or copied and installed from another
> > computer?
> > many thanks,
> > --
> > jim
>
> You've (probably) just deleted the shortcuts to these games. In the first
> place, check your Recycle Bin in case they're there.
>
> You could recreate them by making shortcuts to
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\freecell.exe, mshearts.exe, sol.exe, winmine.exe for the
> non-Internet ones, etc, but it would be quicker to remove and re-add them as
> components of Windows:
>
> Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components >
> Accessories and Utilities > Details button > Games
>
> Untick it and OK your way out, then go back in and tick it, and OK your way
> out. That should put them back in your menu.
>
>to olorin
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH
I USED THE EXE INFO AND AM HAPPILY PLAYING MY GAMES AGAIN
YAY!!!!
>