Save
Winning Spider Solitaire Games
I will show you how to save winning Spider Solitaire games to replay
later on your computer or a friend’s computer. Can Your
Friends
Win the Same Game?
Please Note: This process involves saving and renaming data
files. Your Spider Solitaire game software will not be
affected. Please see **
Other Considerations. The Saved Games folder is a
dedicated Microsoft folder name and should be treated as such.
There are 4 segments
to this process and I will
discuss each one in detail.
- Saving winning Spider Solitaire games.
- Renaming the winning game to preserve it for
future use. Each
time a game is saved it replaces the existing game copy in a generic
file. That file must be given a unique name to prevent it form being
replaced by the next saved game.
- Initiating the Winning Spider Solitaire Game
replay.
- Replay Winning Spider Solitaire Games on
a second computer.
Saving the winning Spider Solitaire game.
- Play your game until you know you are going to
win and STOP one move short
of the actual win.
- Note your game score. The final score
is 99 points more than the score shown.
- Click the Game tab.
- Select Exit
from the dropdown menu.
- Click Save
found in the Exit game window.
- Your winning game is now saved in a folder, Saved
Games\Microsoft
Games\Spider Solitaire\, with the generic name Spider
Solitaire.
Renaming the winning Spider Solitaire game.
- Right
click on the Spider
Solitaire icon you use to initiate your game.
- Click on Saved
Games found on the dropdown menu.
- A new window of saved games will open as in the
example below.
I 
- Right
click on the Spider
Solitaire file to rename the file.
- I suggest renaming it using your name, current
date and final game score. E.g. Cathy
5-10-09 1254
- Do this for each winning Spider Solitaire game
you
save and you will see the list grow when you open the Spider Solitaire
saved games folder.
Initiating the Winning Spider Solitaire Game
replay.
- Open the Spider
Solitaire Saved Games folder as above.
- Double
click on the winning game you want to replay.
- The game will commence where you stopped and
saved it, at the last move before the win.
- Click the Game
tab.
- Select New
Game from the dropdown menu.
- Click Restart
This Game found in the New game window.
- You are now replaying your winning Spider
Solitaire game.
- Note that this game can be replayed as often as
desired without modifications. To remove the winning game completely,
you must delete that specific game file.
Replay Winning Spider Solitaire Games on a
second
computer.
- The saved games can be played directly from the
CD.
- Open the Spider
Solitaire Saved Games folder as above.
- Select
and copy
the files to CD.
- Place the CD in the second computer and open
the CD file.
- Double
click the game you wish to play.
Have
a Spider
Solitaire Competition!
Stop guessing about
who is the better spider solitaire player; Have a competition!
For the competition to be fair all players must play the same game and
winners compare their game scores. All Spider Solitaire games are
unique and unidentifiable so judging the best player is almost
impossible…until now! Now you and your friends can
replay
the same winning games.
This Save and Replay
method insures honesty.
By saving the winning game one move prior the win, everyone can see the
win and the score each replay. There is no doubt about the win or the
winning score.
So have a competition; call it the Spider Olympics, and find out!
Gathered a group of friends together, have them bring their laptops and
winning games. Then you can finally answer the question, Who
is the Better Spider Solitaire Player?
** Other considerations.
The Saved Games folder
is a
dedicated Microsoft folder name and should be left intact. Spider
Solitaire will continue to function even if the Saved Games folder is
missing or misnamed however you will not be able to save current games.
Renaming your saved game is harmless and very simple and is done in the
Saved Games folder. If you feel uncomfortable with this procedure you
should not try it.
Restart game prompt
After you have saved a game, your computer will ask you if you want to
restart your saved game. To avoid this prompt, rename or
delete
the saved game. Renaming the saved game immediately after saving it
will prevent accidental over writing the next time a game is saved.
Spider Solitaire Statistics
Replaying games will affect the win/loss ratio or the winning % on the
computer on which it is played. Replaying a game on CD will change the
stats.
Good luck
to
you and above all HAVE FUN!
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