WinXP Solitaire size on screen larger ?

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Ronco - 26 Apr 2005 02:53 GMT

Running WinXP, is there a way to make the the size of the cards larger ? It
doesn't appear that you can run this game in a different compatabilty mode to
enlarge the size of the cards. Thanks in advance.

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Jimmy S. - 26 Apr 2005 03:37 GMT

Hi Ronco,

To make one of the Windows Games such as Solitaire larger:

First, copy the game:
Click Start / All Programs / Games
Right click on the game (Solitaire for example)
Select Properties from the list
Press the "Find Target" button on the next window
Right Click on the highlighted file and select Copy

Next paste the copy to your Desktop:
Right Click on your Desktop
Select Paste from the list

Finally, we'll change the resolution setting for the game:
Right click on the game you just pasted to your Desktop
Select Properties from the list and Click on the Compatibility Tab
Put a check in the box marked "Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution"

Now whenever you want to play, click on that game on your Desktop and it
will open in full screen mode using the largest Cards and Numbers possible! :-)

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| Running WinXP, is there a way to make the the size of the cards larger ? It
| doesn't appear that you can run this game in a different compatabilty mode to
| enlarge the size of the cards. Thanks in advance.

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Ronco - 26 Apr 2005 05:00 GMT

Jimmy, Thanks for post. This answered my question & now my father-in-law
won't need to strain his eyes.

Ronco

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Jimmy S. - 26 Apr 2005 22:46 GMT

My pleasure! Glad that helped. :-)

Cheers,
Jimmy.

| Jimmy, Thanks for post. This answered my question & now my father-in-law
| won't need to strain his eyes.
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| > | enlarge the size of the cards. Thanks in advance.

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Paul Smith - 26 Apr 2005 23:01 GMT

> My pleasure! Glad that helped. :-)

What we need is a version written with the new Longhorn tech. 8-)

**Warning do not download unless you know what Avalon, WinFX are, and you
understand that downloading pre-release software, especially that at a
system level - Avalon could render your Windows installation unbootable**

http://www.sellsbrothers.com/fun/solfx/

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Chris H. - 26 Apr 2005 23:14 GMT

LOL! No, actually it is a good idea to currently avoid the BETA .NET 2.0
version. It does cause havoc on many systems. Since it is beta, it should
not be run on a machine on which you cannot afford to lose the information.
8-)

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>> My pleasure! Glad that helped. :-)
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> http://www.sellsbrothers.com/fun/solfx/

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Paul Smith - 26 Apr 2005 23:18 GMT

> LOL! No, actually it is a good idea to currently avoid the BETA .NET 2.0
> version. It does cause havoc on many systems. Since it is beta, it
> should not be run on a machine on which you cannot afford to lose the
> information.

Hence the three line warning. 8-)

But it's coming... I just wish they'd put their foot down, XP is getting on
in years!

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Jimmy S. - 26 Apr 2005 23:32 GMT

I hear it causes issues on systems with mismatched RAM ... ;-)

Cheers!
Jimmy.

| > LOL! No, actually it is a good idea to currently avoid the BETA .NET 2.0
| > version. It does cause havoc on many systems. Since it is beta, it
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| But it's coming... I just wish they'd put their foot down, XP is getting on
| in years!

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Chris H. - 26 Apr 2005 23:38 GMT

That's a whole different topic. 8-)

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Paul Smith - 27 Apr 2005 00:02 GMT

> That's a whole different topic. 8-)

Speaking of different topics, embedding fonts into web pages!

Check the Windows Resource! 8-) (Probably only works in IE based browsers).
I think http://nicecreations.us/ is next Chris. 8-)

PS had the .NET 2.0 on my system for a while now, yes you're right it can
cause issues with some other .NET apps - I've only come across one and that
was the ink input on Channel9 (linked to in .tabletpc), but I had to install
it as the only Visual Studio stuff I can afford is the beta stuff. 8-)

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Chris H. - 27 Apr 2005 00:48 GMT

Nice!

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> 8-)

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