First became familiar with it on my first computer in '92 and Windows 3.1.

@Bree, what support files did you need from the WinXP install? I have the Win7 games on my Win10.

Bree said:

The Win7 version requires a custom installer, and keeps getting removed at each new W10 feature update (Windows 7 games are a deprecated feature).

That's why I keep the download saved knowing I would need it again at least twice a year with the Version Upgrades, most Builds don't affect it.

For the XP version there's no install required, you just need to copy two files from an XP machine to a folder of your choice and run it from there (three files if you want the help):

Sol.exe, Cards.dll and Sol.chm

While your about it, the other XP games such as Freecell and Spider work too, they also use the cards.dll.

Thanks, had done that some time ago with Win 7 but the memory fades over time.

I do still have a WinXP machine and some CDs I can extract those files from.

As for the Win7 games I mostly play Mahjong.

The thing I miss is when you win the game and the cards go bouncing out. On a 386 or 486 processor they would go normal speed (slowly, one at a time). But with each new processor they all bounce out faster and faster, it's over in a in second. Even in a virtual machine.

Has anyone figured that out?