Vista - Spider Solitaire Question

Everytime I win or quit a game and close the program, and come back, the same game is there, only partially finished. So, if I give up on a game and close and tell it to not save, that game is still there the next time I open the program. So, it's counting against my stats 2x. Any ideas? maybe I'm not even in the right forum....

Hi KLindeen,

Welcome to the forums.

Check under options and make sure 'always save on exit' and 'always continue saved' are unchecked. Next under your personal folders is one named 'Saved Games'. Delete the one for spider sol. This will remain the saved game until you save a new one, so even though you have played several others, it is still the last saved game.

Hope this is what your looking for.

Gary

Thank you! I did all that you said, and time will tell, I suppose. I'll start playing!

Thanks-Kristin

Just discovered that you can avoid recording a loss in the stats by saving the game you can't solve and closing the game. Delete the saved game. When you restart, a new game will be loaded and the loss doesn't show in the stats.

Gary

Awesome!! Thanks for the tip!

Hi KLindeen,

Here is a link to a thread which might help you. The post originator wanted to know how to reset the game statistics for Solitaire, and I provided him with a method of doing so. This method can be adapted to reset the statistics for all of the games that come as standard with Vista. Note that I use Home Premium, so if there are any other games that come as standard with the Ultimate edition, then I am not sure if this method will work for those as well, but the principle should be the same.

Solitaire statistics reset

Hi KLindeen,

Here is a development of the link that I gave you in my previous post. That link enabled you to reset all of the statistics for a particular game or for all games. The method that follows is based on the code from my posts there, but it is modified to only delete the most recent saved games. This method will not affect your statistics. Thanks to Gary for the information.

Note that [UserName] is your account name and [Game] is the name of the game. Save this file as a batch file with the extension .bat. I suggest that you create a new folder in your documents folder and call it 'Batch Files'. You can then save this, and other batch files, in this folder. I suggest that you call the file 'delmg[n].bat', where [n] is a number as follows:

1 = Chess Titans
2 = FreeCell
3 = Hearts
4 = Mahjong Titans
5 = Purble Place
6 = Solitaire
7 = Spider Solitaire

Next, right click on the file you have just saved and from the 'Send To' sub menu, select 'Desktop (create shortcut)'. Goto your desktop, right click on the new shortcut and select 'Rename'. Give the shortcut a meaningful name (I suggest 'DelMg [Game]', where [Game] is the name of the game.

Here is another batch file which will enable you to delete all current games without affecting the statistics. Call this file 'delmgall.bat' and save it in the folder that I suggested earlier in this post. Again, create a shortcut as described previously and give it the name 'DelMgAll' (or whatever you choose).