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April 15th, 2008, 13:01 GMT · By Calin Ciabai

Windows Solitaire Cheats and Hints (PC)

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Solitaire is a card game included in most versions of Microsoft Windows. It is a version of Klondike. Microsoft has included the game as part of the
Windows operating system since Windows 3.0, starting from 1990. The game was developed in 1989 by then intern Wes Cherry, who famously received no royalties from his work. The card deck itself was designed by Macintosh pioneer Susan Kare.

Productivity in business lost by employees playing Solitaire has become a common concern since it became standard on Microsoft Windows.
(Wikipedia)

CHEATS

One card in three card game
Start a three card draw game. Hold Ctrl + Alt + Shift and click on the deck to only draw one card. Please note: If you hold Ctrl + Alt + Shift at the circle at the end of the deck, points will not be taken off your score.

Automatic win
To automatically win the game, press Shift + Alt + 2. The cards will start jumping down as if you had won the game legitimately.

GAMEPLAY HINTS

Reset cards
If all cards have been revealed in Vegas mode, and the game was not completed, double click on the circle which previously held the cards. All cards will return to their original position at the cost of 100 points.

Sort cards
Click the Right Mouse Button in an empty area to automatically move all cards to top section of four slots.

Extra move and points
Use the following trick to get an extra move. For example, if you have the Ace of Spades (black) in the ace piles and the Two of Spades (black) up on the draw deck. You have a Three of Hearts (red) on a pile. If you move the Two to the Ace, you will get 10 points. If you move the Two on top of the Three you will get 5 points. If you move the Two to the Three then move it to the Ace, you will get 15 points, which results in an extra 5 points.

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Comment #1 by: mryerrighti'mtellinyou on 21 Jul 2010, 10:22 UTC reply to this comment

that was weird


Comment #2 by: GAMERCODER on 16 Sep 2011, 20:26 UTC reply to this comment

I tried it, and nothing happened..


Comment #3 by: LOSTMYHOUSEINVEGAS on 22 Jan 2012, 14:30 UTC reply to this comment

Your "Reset cards" hint is wrong. In Vegas mode, there is an "X," not a "circle," and in Vegas mode you are playing for money, not points. But even in Standard mode, double-clicking the circle doesn't return the cards to their original positions.


Comment #4 by: N/A on 03 Feb 2012, 22:54 UTC reply to this comment

I was just checking random websites to see if anybody else has encountered this, or if it was just like this all along (if it was I sincerely apologize). I was playing solitaire on my laptop (Windows 7 64-Bit), and I noticed that if you get an ace and place it up top, if you have any open slots you can keep moving the card to those slots and each time you get 10 points. I couldn't find a limit to this, but has anybody else noticed this, or am I just saying something that everybody know about?

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