In the mid to late 90’s people began getting computers in their homes. Microsoft touted ‘Solitaire’ as the way to teach them how to use the computer mouse but in reality Wes Cherry (its creator and an intern at Microsoft at the time) said, “it was something just to have fun with.”

The game originally contained a ‘boss key’ which made it appear to the boss and co-workers that you were working when you might actually be playing games or using the internet for non work-related tasks. Microsoft later made Cherry remove the ‘feature‘ from the game.

The Windows Store Apps
Contrary to popular belief,  Microsoft never removed Solitaire or the Solitaire Collection from their operating systems, they simply created their own Windows store apps and put them in their Microsoft Store. The whole Collection comes pre-installed with all laptops that have the original Windows 8 software or later. That said, the Collection can’t be installed in Windows 7 or below.

FUN TIPS

In Draw Three you can hold down  the CTRL + SHIFT + ALT keys and click on the deck to get one card. This makes most games winnable.  The highest score you can get in the standard version of Microsoft Solitaire is 24,113.

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