Vista Tutorial - High priority bug

I have to confess to a shameful addiction to the game of Hearts. I made the
mistake of allowing Vista Hearts to save a game which I had to interrupt.
Now Hearts asks me if I want to play the saved game every time I open it.
I've played the saved game through, but it still doesn't go away. There
seems to be no "options" switch to get rid of it or to prevent the unwanted
prompt. How do I stop the prompt or erase the saved game or, preferably,
both.

formerprof

LOL, high priority. There's a folder called Saved Games under your user
folder. You might be able to find it there and delete it manually. Never
played the games, so not sure if there's an easier way to do it through a
more traditional UI mechanism.

"formerprof" <formerprof@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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>I have to confess to a shameful addiction to the game of Hearts. I made the
>mistake of allowing Vista Hearts to save a game which I had to interrupt.
>Now Hearts asks me if I want to play the saved game every time I open it.
>I've played the saved game through, but it still doesn't go away. There
>seems to be no "options" switch to get rid of it or to prevent the unwanted
>prompt. How do I stop the prompt or erase the saved game or, preferably,
>both.
>
> formerprof
>
>

Hello,

- Click start
- Click your username at the top of the start menu in the black part under
the picture
- Double-click the saved games folder
- Double-click Microsoft Games
- Double-click Hearts
- Delete or rename Hearts (or Hearts.HeartsSave-ms)

Before deleting the file, though ... if you click the down arrow next to the
View button on the toolbar, and then select Extra Large Icons ... the file's
icon turns into a picture of the saved game! I thought that was pretty cool.

--
- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Dear James and Jimmy,

Many thanks to you both. The solution worked and has no doubt saved me a
near-infinite number of unnecessary mouse clicks. I'll have to withdraw my
characterization of the problem as a "bug," I think -- but a good argument
could be made that it's a design flaw. One should be able to do this from
within the game rather than having to go to the "outside" location. Thanks
again -- Happy New Year & all good wishes to you both.


formerprof



"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> - Click start
> - Click your username at the top of the start menu in the black part under
> the picture
> - Double-click the saved games folder
> - Double-click Microsoft Games
> - Double-click Hearts
> - Delete or rename Hearts (or Hearts.HeartsSave-ms)
>
> Before deleting the file, though ... if you click the down arrow next to
> the View button on the toolbar, and then select Extra Large Icons ... the
> file's icon turns into a picture of the saved game! I thought that was
> pretty cool.
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

There are several bugs in Chess Tritons also, mainly failure to recognize
checkmate. However, the game can be erased, and another started over.

This must be considered a major bug in Vista, should be fixed soonest.

Ho Ho Ho

"James" wrote:

> LOL, high priority. There's a folder called Saved Games under your user
> folder. You might be able to find it there and delete it manually. Never
> played the games, so not sure if there's an easier way to do it through a
> more traditional UI mechanism.
>
> "formerprof" <formerprof@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news2BFC52C-D866-45C1-BEC1-CB970BA449A5@microsoft.com...
> >I have to confess to a shameful addiction to the game of Hearts. I made the
> >mistake of allowing Vista Hearts to save a game which I had to interrupt.
> >Now Hearts asks me if I want to play the saved game every time I open it.
> >I've played the saved game through, but it still doesn't go away. There
> >seems to be no "options" switch to get rid of it or to prevent the unwanted
> >prompt. How do I stop the prompt or erase the saved game or, preferably,
> >both.
> >
> > formerprof
> >
> >
>
>
>

There is also a bug in Minesweeper my friend reported to me that occurs when
you click very quickly. I don't quite understand the problem, but said it
had something to do with the numbers being placed wrong when you quickly
switch between right and left click. He is amazingly fast at Minesweeper
and solitaire. It scares me sometimes.

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"JackM" <JackM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> There are several bugs in Chess Tritons also, mainly failure to recognize
> checkmate. However, the game can be erased, and another started over.
>
> This must be considered a major bug in Vista, should be fixed soonest.
>
> Ho Ho Ho
>
> "James" wrote:
>
>> LOL, high priority. There's a folder called Saved Games under your user
>> folder. You might be able to find it there and delete it manually.
>> Never
>> played the games, so not sure if there's an easier way to do it through a
>> more traditional UI mechanism.
>>
>> "formerprof" <formerprof@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
>> news2BFC52C-D866-45C1-BEC1-CB970BA449A5@microsoft.com...
>> >I have to confess to a shameful addiction to the game of Hearts. I made
>> >the
>> >mistake of allowing Vista Hearts to save a game which I had to
>> >interrupt.
>> >Now Hearts asks me if I want to play the saved game every time I open
>> >it.
>> >I've played the saved game through, but it still doesn't go away. There
>> >seems to be no "options" switch to get rid of it or to prevent the
>> >unwanted
>> >prompt. How do I stop the prompt or erase the saved game or,
>> >preferably,
>> >both.
>> >
>> > formerprof
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

I don't think I'm particularly lightning-fingered but I have crashed
Minesweeper a few times. Not good; I'd rather do without the gorgeous new
look and have a game that actually works reliably.

Regrettably, I don't see this being near the top of the bug-fix list.

"Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
news:AD990F6C-5FBA-403C-B813-8AD0B23EE517@microsoft.com...
> There is also a bug in Minesweeper my friend reported to me that occurs
> when you click very quickly. I don't quite understand the problem, but
> said it had something to do with the numbers being placed wrong when you
> quickly switch between right and left click. He is amazingly fast at
> Minesweeper and solitaire. It scares me sometimes.
>
> --
> /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> * Robert Firth *
> * Windows Vista x86 RTM *
> * http://www.WinVistaInfo.org *
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
>
> "JackM" <JackM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B96E7D1E-D585-4DC2-A7DA-12A9EE5C56B4@microsoft.com...
>> There are several bugs in Chess Tritons also, mainly failure to recognize
>> checkmate. However, the game can be erased, and another started over.
>>
>> This must be considered a major bug in Vista, should be fixed soonest.
>>
>> Ho Ho Ho
>>
>> "James" wrote:
>>
>>> LOL, high priority. There's a folder called Saved Games under your user
>>> folder. You might be able to find it there and delete it manually.
>>> Never
>>> played the games, so not sure if there's an easier way to do it through
>>> a
>>> more traditional UI mechanism.
>>>
>>> "formerprof" <formerprof@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
>>> news2BFC52C-D866-45C1-BEC1-CB970BA449A5@microsoft.com...
>>> >I have to confess to a shameful addiction to the game of Hearts. I made
>>> >the
>>> >mistake of allowing Vista Hearts to save a game which I had to
>>> >interrupt.
>>> >Now Hearts asks me if I want to play the saved game every time I open
>>> >it.
>>> >I've played the saved game through, but it still doesn't go away. There
>>> >seems to be no "options" switch to get rid of it or to prevent the
>>> >unwanted
>>> >prompt. How do I stop the prompt or erase the saved game or,
>>> >preferably,
>>> >both.
>>> >
>>> > formerprof
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>

I have also seen the minesweeper bug. Happens when continuously using the left and right mouse buttons together to clear all surrounding squares. Very annoying as minesweeper is on of my favorite time wasters.

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