Hi Gareth 007,
My pleasure!  Glad we could help.  
 
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Jimmy S.                               
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Gareth 007 Wrote:
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| Just like to say thank as I had the same problem on my lap top and this
| helped to solve it and get my games back,
|
| Cheers
| Gareth
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi Pinto1uk,
||
|| Yes, you could check to see if only the shortcuts are missing:
|| Click START > RUN > type: mshearts         > click OK
||
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|| Cheers,                                *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S.                               
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: 
www.msce.mvps.org
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: 
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty;  nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| Pinto1uk Wrote:
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||| Thank you for you help. much appreciated.
|||
||| should i check to ensure thaty the games do not exist in the system 32
||| folder, as i have not checked in that location?
|||
||| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|||
|||| Hi Pinto1uk,
||||
||||
|||| To add/remove Windows XP Games:
||||
|||| Click START > Control Panel
||||     > Add or Remove Programs
||||         > Add Remove Windows Components
||||             > Accessories and Utilities
||||                 > [Details...]
||||                     > Games
||||                         > [Details...]
||||                             > Select the games to install, here's how:
||||                                Place a check to install, or uncheck to uninstall
||||                                * If you're installing, and it's already checked, uncheck the
||||                                   box and then check it again to trick Windows into reinstalling
||||                                      > Click [OK] 3 times.
||||
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|||| Cheers,                                *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|||| Jimmy S.                               
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||||
|||| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: 
www.msce.mvps.org
|||| MS Games Help and Support Center: 
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|||| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty;  nor do I confer any rights.
|||| _________________________________________________________
||||
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|||| Pinto1uk Wrote:
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||||| Hi, my friend does not have the pre-installed Games on her laptop. solitaire,
||||| hearts etc.
|||||
||||| how could i get them on her pc? any chance of copying them etc. downloading
||||| them?
|||||
||||| regards