Description
Get the games that are included in Windows 7 working in Windows Server 2008 R2. These games are: Chess, FreeCell, Hearts, Mahjong, Minesweeper, Backgammon, Checkers, Spades, Purble Place, Solitaire and SpiderSolitaire.

Solution
1. Install the latest versions of the Game Explorer and xinput9_1_0.dll. (Thanks to AsciiWolf!)
2. Copy the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Games folder from a Windows 7 machine to the same Program Files folder on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine.
3. Copy the slc.dll from this website to all gamefolders.
4. Run the games!

Few additional files you need for some games:

• For FreeCell, Hearts, Solitaire and SpiderSolitaire you also need CardGames.dll from the System32 folder.
• For Minesweeper you also need Wpc.dll and en-US\Wpc.dll.mui from the System32 folder.
• For Multiplayer Backgammon, Checkers andSpades you also need cmncliM.dll, en-US\cmncliM.dll.mui and zgmprxy.dll from the System32 folder (no slc.dll needed)

*Update*
Created a batch file which you have to run on a Windows 7 machine first to gather the files needed. After the files have been collected, copy the complete folder to the Windows Server 2008 R2 machine and run the batch again to install all Windows 7 games whereafter you can find them in the Games folder of the Start menu.

Known issue: Collecting the games from a x86 (32bit) edition of Windows 7 works, and installing them on Server 2008 R2 works too, but for some reason the games are not playable... Any suggestions are welcome!

Hi, first of all thanks for the wishlist cause i still cant get that game to work
Hope good news from you soon.

btw where can i get those games.thanks again!

We are trying to get them to work on Server 2008 R2... they are included in Windows 7..

and Please use the Edit button instead of double posting.

This works to get InkBall working on Windows Server 2008 R2, just extract the zip and then launch the EXE: http://thetechcorner.net/2009/01/11/ink ... windows-7/

Thanks mate

I sure hope whoever makes this (I will take a look sometime this week) makes it a requirement to insert the Windows 7 disc.

Yay! I was able to do it, quasi-legally, of course.
HOWTO:
1. Get game files from Windows 7 and put into "Microsoft Games" folder.
2. Get cardgames.dll from System32/SysWoW64 from Win7.
3. http://msftguy.blogspot.com/2008/07/snipping-tool-on-server-2008-no-love.html
(do it to the game EXE's)
4. ???
5. Profit!

PROOF:


FYI, Chess Titans doesn't work yet.
I hope that we can mod the cracked SLC.dll above with
http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/10/03/short-slgetwindowsinformationdword-value-names/ as a universal feature enabler.

Cheers!

Okay, thanks to AsciiWolf's new Games Explorer with the parental controls class, ALL Windows 7 Games now work.
(same trick is used above)



Do I win a cake?

Yeah, the new Game Explorer version is really a *GREAT* job! I will add a new page to the manual soon about how to get all Windows 7 games working.