No games installed in Windows 7 Professional?

Thanks!

Yes, thanks - they will keep my young daughter occupied!

Yay! Was wondering where they were!

Thanks. I was getting kind of disappointed that I had no games. I was SO looking forward to playing mahjong!

Hi this seems really helpful but when i go to turn windows feature on and off i dont get anything showing.

is there something i have to do to turn this on.

thanks!!!

YAY!!!!!! Thank you very much! Glad to play on Spider Solitaire, Mahjong Titans, and Solitaire. :D

Thanks! My grandmother wasn't gonna be happy without her Mahjong and Soltiaire on her new laptop.

Excellent tip! Thanks so much; I was starting to get really frustrated trying to figure out how to get the games in 7.

Triple thumbs up.

thanks man needed a chess titans fix bad

Thanks. you saved me some googling time ;-)

That was helpful. Thanks!

Followed your instructions re no games in windows7 professional but got the following message -
An error has occurred. Not all the features were successfully changed.

Have tried many times but always the same result and of course no games.
Can anyone offer further advice?

thanks!

thank you

Great I was about to re-install!!

hy! i checked the box as nothing. how do i get the games??

Thanks this is gr8 :)

thank you

Thanks

Thank you very much. It was very helpful.

when I go to windows feature on or off there is nothing there

oh Thanks... was really surprised and shocked to see win7 has no games. but this helped out very well...

Thanks!

Thanks Paul! Your post was very helpful.

Found it!!

Click Start > Right Click > Properties > Start Menu tab > Customize > Select Games > Display as a link or Display as a menu > OK > Apply > OK

You can also type "Shell:Games" in Windows start menu search bar and hit enter to open the Games folder.

But if the Games Explorer folder does not open in your Windows, then do this:


Type cmd in Windows 7 start menu search. When cmd appears as a result, right click on it and select Run as administrator.

In the elevated command prompt, type

regsvr32.exe gameux.dll

and hit Enter. This will re-register the gameux dll file.

Now if on running a game from the Games Explorer, you get an error message :

This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the set associations ControlPanel then, open regedit and navigate to following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile

If it doesnt exist, then in the RHS, create a new String value (REG_SZ) Call it IsShortcut . Click OK > Close Regedit > Reboot.

Thanks a lot.

thank s for teh help ..

Thanks for the ease of solution and sharing your knowledge. I like to learn something new everyday and I did.

Thanks!!:)

Thank you. I have been on the phone with Dell for 2 freaken hours. They had me send the games from my sons computer to my EHD, then couldnt get them to load. Transferred me to software dept where the guy got nasty with me saying that PRO doesnt come with games. I did a search after ripping him a new u- know- what and found your post. IT WORKED. Thank you so much. I owe ya =)

thanks alot, someone was gonna kick my ass if i didn't bring the games back.

Such a simple thing and yet I had to look everywhere for a solution.
Thank you so much for your stepwise solution!
Keep up the Great Work!

thank you!

I still can't install the games. Please give another solution!

Amazing, thank you.

Thank you for the simple instructions. My dad has missed setting records in FreeCell ever since he installed the new system.

Thank you!

raely thanx

Thnx for the information its really very useful

Thanks, saved me lots of time figuring Windows 7.

Thanks a lot, i thought there where no games in win 7 pro and i was on my way to buy win 7 home premium until i saw this

I've tried all of that, but then I get an error message saying "Not all of the features were successfully changed." HELP!!!

My Windows XP ran my vintage WEP games program just fine, but it died and I now have Windows 7 which refuses to run the 16-bit program, even though I upgraded to Professional. Is there any way at all that I can get the new OS to recognize my old program?

I did not find games in "Turn windows features on or off".
could you plz advise me what to do now

I pulled up the "windows features box" Where you can turn windows features on or off. There is nothing in the box.
Whats up and how do I rectify this?
Help and thx
Edward

Thankkkkkkksssssssssssss Boss

thanks

Thanks, Paul -
Yours was the ONLY solution that worked!

thankyou .....it works