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Win11, for me at least, came with a bunch of phone-app style solitaire games by "Random Salad". I can't find where the executables are: I suspect they're in the
by card_zero 2y ago
Win11, for me at least, came with a bunch of phone-app style solitaire games by "Random Salad". I can't find where the executables are: I suspect they're in the hidden folder Program Files\WindowsApps, which tells me "you don't currently have permission to access this folder" and then "you have been denied permission to access this folder". I just disconnected the internet and tried opening one of these games: it span a loading icon for about a minute, then sat with a black window for ages, before finally showing a phone-app card game with spontaneously bouncing icons (one of which would apparently turn ads on) and web links and a generally sketchy feeling.
Windows used to come with a pinball game by Maxis (Will Wright, of SimCity), which was awesome.
- thesuperbigfrog 2y ago>> Windows used to come with a pinball game by Maxis (Will Wright, of SimCity), which was awesome. https://alula.github.io/SpaceCadetPinball/ https://alula.github.io/SpaceCadetPinball/
- card_zero 2y agoNice. If anybody's wondering: flipper keys are z and /, nudge keys are x and ., and if you zoom the page by about 200% (ctrl-mousewheel) you can see there's a pinball game there.
- makeitdouble 2y agoYes, OEM installs come with their own (sometimes wild) surprises. On one hand, it's such a PITA to setup and cleaning windows becomes a rite or passage. On the other hand, OEMs exist, which is a big deal.