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From: dadiOH on 15 Mar 2010 18:54
asf66 wrote:
> Thanks Bob. Unfortunately, I don't have the cd. My Thinkpad was
> shipped without the disk. The info from that CD is partioned on my
> harddrive, but I don't know how to access it.

Try Control Panel, Add Remove Programs, Windows Components, Accessories &
Utilities, Games anyway. If it barfs because you don't have a CD, just copy
the games from the other computer and stick them in a folder on the new one.
Make your own shortcuts to them for the Start/Programs menu if you want
them.

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From: LVTravel on 15 Mar 2010 19:52


"asf66" <asf66(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C20061C5-9228-4580-868C-3BAEF9978AF4(a)microsoft.com...
> Dear All,
>
>
> I deleted the games that came loaded on my pc, Spider Sol, Solitaire,
> Minesweeper etc. They are truly gone as they don't appear in the
> Windows/System 32 folder. I've looked in the folder, seached all exe
> files,
> they are gone.
>
> Can I copy them off another pc using a thumbdrive, then drag them to the
> correct folder in my pc and double click them or try to re-install them by
> doing the Add/Remove-Windows Components routine?
>
> Thank you-
> asf66

Ensure that you have hidden files/folders enabled, start Windows Explorer
and navigate to C:\Windows and see if you have an I386 folder there. If so
you should be able to run the Windows features setup in Control Panel,
Add/Remove Programs. If it asks for the installation CD point the browser to
that folder. The I396 folder normally stores the setup files used to install
Windows XP. If not there and you don't have access to a disk looks like you
may have to borrow one.

From: Ben Myers on 16 Mar 2010 04:01
"asf66" <asf66(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C20061C5-9228-4580-868C-3BAEF9978AF4(a)microsoft.com...
> Dear All,
> I deleted the games that came loaded on my pc, Spider Sol, Solitaire,
> Minesweeper etc. They are truly gone as they don't appear in the
> Windows/System 32 folder. I've looked in the folder, seached all exe files,
> they are gone.
> Can I copy them off another pc using a thumbdrive, then drag them to the
> correct folder in my pc and double click them or try to re-install them by
> doing the Add/Remove-Windows Components routine?

If you tried "Control Panel", "Add/Remove Programs" and were prompted
for your Windows CD, see if you have a "C:\I386" folder. If so, browse
to it when prompted.

Ben
From: mm on 16 Mar 2010 21:36
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:27:01 -0700, asf66
<asf66(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Dear All,
>
>
>I deleted the games that came loaded on my pc, Spider Sol, Solitaire,
>Minesweeper etc. They are truly gone as they don't appear in the
>Windows/System 32 folder. I've looked in the folder, seached all exe files,
>they are gone.
>
>Can I copy them off another pc using a thumbdrive, then drag them to the
>correct folder in my pc and double click them or try to re-install them by
>doing the Add/Remove-Windows Components routine?
>
>Thank you-
>asf66

I don't do this for a living but...

The others said nothing, but depending when you deleted them and how
many things you have deleted since then, I think you should look in
the Recycle Bin. If you haven't deleted too much since you deleted
them, they should still be there.

Also, what ever happened to UnDelete. If the items were not sent to
the recycle bin, but few items were copied to the Games sub-folder
since then, might he not be able to Undelete them, using a Norton
utility, or even a MS utility?

Finally, yes, you can get the .exe file from another computer. If you
just deleted the games and didn't uninstall them, any registry entries
should still be there, and as long as you put the .exe files back in
the same folder they were originally, everything will work. And does
Solitaire, for example, really use the registry? Maybe to keep track
of what design the cards are, but surely there is a default.

If there are still shortcuts pointing to the games, including in the
Programs list, they will work too, if you put the files back in the
original folder. Just pay attention if you get a warning when
copying that there already is a file by the same name in the same
location. You say you looked and there isn't, but this is one more
check.
From: asf66 on 17 Mar 2010 10:43
Thank you. for some reason, I never saw this post.

"dadiOH" wrote:

> asf66 wrote:
> > Thanks Bob. Unfortunately, I don't have the cd. My Thinkpad was
> > shipped without the disk. The info from that CD is partioned on my
> > harddrive, but I don't know how to access it.
>
> Try Control Panel, Add Remove Programs, Windows Components, Accessories &
> Utilities, Games anyway. If it barfs because you don't have a CD, just copy
> the games from the other computer and stick them in a folder on the new one.
> Make your own shortcuts to them for the Start/Programs menu if you want
> them.
>
> --
>
> dadiOH
> ____________________________
>
> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
> ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
>
>
>
> .
>
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