Install Windows Games

This guide shows you how to install games that come with Windows 7. You can install all of them or choose from Chess Titans, Free Cell, Hearts, Internet Backgammon, Internet Checkers, Internet Spades, Mahjong Titans, Minesweeper, Purple Place, Solitaire, or Spider Solitaire.

Install Windows Games

1. Open the Control Panel from the Start menu.
2. Open Programs and Features in the Control Panel.

   

   Note: If Programs and Features is not available, change View by to Large icons at the top right of the Control Panel.

3. Select Turn Windows features on or off in the left column of the Programs and Features window.

   

4. Check off Games to install all available games, or expand Games and check off the game(s) you want to install, and then click OK.

   

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1. Gloria Meads says:

   November 25, 2009 at 4:30 pm

   I can not figure out how to install spider solitaire

   Reply
2. Bilge says:

   December 17, 2009 at 2:35 am

   Thank you, it has been really helpful.

   Reply
3. apg2008 says:

   January 23, 2010 at 10:36 pm

   Hi,
   I have an issue with window 7 x64.
   I have no problem to add other games from turn windows feature on or off but I can not add Solitaire or Spider solitaire.
   Have looked at window logs
   When I checked the application log error evenID 1001
   Fault bucket , type 0
   Event Name: CbsPackageServicingFailure2
   Response: Not available
   Cab Id: 0

   Problem signature:
   P1: 6.1.7600.16385
   P2: Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package
   P3: 6.1.7600.16385
   P4: amd64
   P5: unknown
   P6: 80073712
   P7: Execute
   P8: Installed
   P9: Installed
   P10: Windows Optional Component Manager

   Attached files:
   C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CbsPersist_20100123151626.cab
   C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
   C:\Windows\servicing\Sessions\Sessions.xml
   C:\Windows\winsxs\poqexec.log
   C:\Windows\inf\setupapi.dev.log

   These files may be available here:

   Analysis symbol:
   Rechecking for solution: 0
   Report Id: 9c7f2ea7-0897-11df-93dd-0027133ef13e
   Report Status: 0

   Any suggestion how I can fix this so I can play spider?

   Any suggestion why I can not access document and settings (have lock key on )
   Thanks in advance
   AG

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4. dan says:

   January 23, 2010 at 10:40 pm

   Awesome, thanks… this helped a lot!

   Reply
5. Elvis says:

   February 8, 2010 at 10:39 pm

   When I do the install for the games, it doesn’t install them. It loads for a while and then tells me it wasn’t able to install.

   Reply
6. John says:

   March 13, 2010 at 9:50 pm

   Great advice! Followed your instructions and now all games are available.

   Reply