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After reviewing all of the posts to my original message (shown below in italics) about the original Hearts game being deleted from Windows 10, please allow me to make some comments about the current abundant load of "trashy" Hearts games that Microsoft now offers for free and otherwise as "alternatives":
a) The new games are way, way too easy to figure out. I've played Hearts Deluxe some 86 times and have a 78% win rating. I have 48 moons in some 350 games. This is ridiculous. In the original game the most I ever achieved in 10+ years of playing was 68 to 70%. That was far more challenging.
b) The new "Free" games are NOT free. They have ads that are annoying and that take up a lot of screen "real estate".
c) The Paid game is worse than the free games as far a challenge goes.
d) The programmers of the games do not appear to have a lot of knowledge or abilities regarding the game strategies and nuances. They may be good programmers, but they are not "Hearts players".
e) The original game was clean, nicely thought out, well presented, had great graphics, and was fun as well as challenging.
It was not like playing "real" hearts against human opponents, but it still had enough nuances and tricks that made it interesting.
Why - I still ask - was it pulled? Where is the game now? Has it been discarded to some trash heap of technology forever? Has it been banned for life or to another planet? What did Microsoft do with it? Won't they even sell it?
Who is the "genius" that decided to pull the Hearts game from Windows?
This was one of the best features of windows when you needed to take a break from the information overloads.
WHY?
Was it taking up too much software space?
Was it bothering anyone?
Was it as social burden?
Come on guys - we know you were not making money on these type of features and your would rather reap huge rewards from vicious and bloody war and terror games, but not everyone is into that.
Sometime you want to exercise your mind.
Is that a sin?
Will that hurt Microsoft?
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I tried sfc/scannow, hoping to restore files. A dangerous scan that attempts to restore files it finds missing or corrupted. After the scan MS said, "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them." When I restarted my PC it did 19 Updates and changed my desktop. Still no Hearts. After deleting corrupted .dmp files, I got back to OK now - but no hearts. I will try looking at the MS downloads website. Thanks for you help.
Rich
Now that I am not sure about. There must be a way you can download the original games that came with your windows. When I reverted back to Windows 7 Home Premium, everything was working including the hearts game. You may need to visit the Microsoft Downloads website and search for the game download. You may also try doing a windows update and see all the non essential updates they suggest. It could very well be in the list?? Dunno for certain. If anyone else can help here, please drop a note. Appreciate that. Bonez
Simple to revert back. I believe it was in my SETTINGS menu. Click the revert back button, and the software does just that..... dumps 10 in the garbage where it belongs. Then you get annoying pop ups to remind you that an upgrade is available to windows 10. I had to google how to stop the pop up and all is well. Best of luck to you.
Thanks I got back to MS W7, but no Hearts game!!!! It seems like everything else is back, but no Hearts. I searched the computer found an empty Hearts folder.
Is there a way to restore MS W7 Hearts to MS W7??
Simple to revert back. I believe it was in my SETTINGS menu. Click the revert back button, and the software does just that..... dumps 10 in the garbage where it belongs. Then you get annoying pop ups to remind you that an upgrade is available to windows 10. I had to google how to stop the pop up and all is well. Best of luck to you.
Who is the "genius" that decided to pull the Hearts game from Windows?
This was one of the best features of windows when you needed to take a break from the information overloads.
WHY?
Was it taking up too much software space?
Was it bothering anyone?
Was it as social burden?
Come on guys - we know you were not making money on these type of features and your would rather reap huge rewards from vicious and bloody war and terror games, but not everyone is into that.
Sometime you want to exercise your mind.
Is that a sin?
Will that hurt Microsoft?
