lost stuff

XP Pro SP2 and a mess of updates.

While in Disk Cleanup I went to the Windows Component Add/Remove to
eliminate some unwanted progs.

Bad idea. I've never figured out how to operate that thing properly.

Anyway I lost, among other things, my Windows FreeCell game, one of the
few things I ever play.

Can anyone tell me how to reinstall that thing? I've found various
FreeCells on the internet, but I like the original best.

TIA

JimL

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Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components.

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<inkleput@isp.com> wrote in message
news:4861b7c2$1$vaxyrchg$mr2ice@news.isp.com...
> XP Pro SP2 and a mess of updates.
>
> While in Disk Cleanup I went to the Windows Component Add/Remove to
> eliminate some unwanted progs.
>
> Bad idea. I've never figured out how to operate that thing properly.
>
> Anyway I lost, among other things, my Windows FreeCell game, one of the
> few things I ever play.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to reinstall that thing? I've found various
> FreeCells on the internet, but I like the original best.
>
> TIA
>
> JimL
>
> --
>
> It's been said Pelosi should be slapped silly, but that condition has been
> reached without the
> slapping.

"Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dknoxNO@Spammvps.org> said:

>Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components.

Aside from the fact that I just said that is precisely what did away with
my FreeCell and the fact that FreeCell is not in there now
and the fact that I want to put it back in there some how,
what on earth are you saying?


JimL

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inkleput@isp.com wrote:

> "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dknoxNO@Spammvps.org> said:
>
>>Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components.
>
> Aside from the fact that I just said that is precisely what did away with
> my FreeCell and the fact that FreeCell is not in there now
> and the fact that I want to put it back in there some how,
> what on earth are you saying?

Go back to Add/Remove Program, Add/Remove Windows Components. Put checkmarks
in all the things you want to have installed. This obviously includes the
games. Follow what comes next because it didn't magically do "away with
FreeCell"; you misunderstood how adding Windows Components worked and had
the games unchecked when you changed whatever it was you originally
changed.

Malke
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Malke <malke@invalid.invalid> said:



>inkleput@isp.com wrote:

>> "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dknoxNO@Spammvps.org> said:
>>
>>>Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components.
>>
>> Aside from the fact that I just said that is precisely what did away with
>> my FreeCell and the fact that FreeCell is not in there now
>> and the fact that I want to put it back in there some how,
>> what on earth are you saying?

>Go back to Add/Remove Program, Add/Remove Windows Components. Put
>checkmarks in all the things you want to have installed. This obviously
>includes the games. Follow what comes next because it didn't magically do
>"away with FreeCell;

You're right. I didn't know FreeCell was a "Utility."

you misunderstood how adding Windows Components
>worked and had the games unchecked when you changed whatever it was you
>originally changed.

>Malke

Are you saying if you run "Components" you must check everything you want
new plus everything you already have to keep it from removing stuff?

JimL

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inkleput@isp.com wrote:

>
> Are you saying if you run "Components" you must check everything you want
> new plus everything you already have to keep it from removing stuff?

Yes.

Malke
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