Vista - Re: Vista Games

"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

> The games that are in Vista now, are finalised and there to stay. Whether
> Windows Ultimate Extra's decides to throw in a validation-gift, that's up to
> them but at the moment, the games are staying as they are )

Is it possible to copy the XP application of Hearts to Vista? The new
Hearts is slow and a pain.

Just a note,
Almost all of the original Windows Entertainment Pack that started way back
with Windows3 still work.

"BK" <BK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>
>> The games that are in Vista now, are finalised and there to stay. Whether
>> Windows Ultimate Extra's decides to throw in a validation-gift, that's up
>> to
>> them but at the moment, the games are staying as they are )
>
> Is it possible to copy the XP application of Hearts to Vista? The new
> Hearts is slow and a pain.

Hi!

Its pretty simple:
1) In your WinXP, go to C:\Windows\System32 and copy "mshearts.exe" and
"cards.dll". You'll need a floppy or pendrive or something to copy from XP to
Vista ofcourse.
2) Just paste those files in Vista in the same folder C:\Windows\System32
and you're ready to start!
3) I dont think this program'll be recognised (it didn't for me) by the
"Games Explorer" in Vista so you have to create seperate shortcuts for that

Please note!!: In my version of Vista, I had removed the games from it so I
dont know if there'll be another "cards.dll" file somewhere in the same
folder. To be safe, copy both to some other folder like "C:\Windows\System" -
this way i'm pretty sure that both the new hearts and the old one will lead a
peaceful co-existence!



"BK" wrote:

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> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>
> > The games that are in Vista now, are finalised and there to stay. Whether
> > Windows Ultimate Extra's decides to throw in a validation-gift, that's up to
> > them but at the moment, the games are staying as they are )
>
> Is it possible to copy the XP application of Hearts to Vista? The new
> Hearts is slow and a pain.