Enable Games in Windows 7 Professional Edition

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Just as Microsoft had disabled Games by default in the Business and Enterprise editions of Windows Vista, bowing down to pressure from Employers and the Corporates, games have been disabled in Windows 7 Professional Edition too!

Apparently Minesweeper and games in general have  been responsible for millions of hours of lost productivity !

But you can, if you wish, enable these missing games in Windows 7 Professional edition!

win7 pro games1 Enable Games in Windows 7 Professional Edition

To do so, open the Control Panel > Programs and Features > LHS pane, click Turn Windows Features on or off > in the Window that pops up, check the games you want or click all.

Click OK.

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Anand aka HappyAndyK is an end-user Windows enthusiast, a Microsoft MVP in Windows Desktop Experience since 2007, and the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, TheGeeksClub.com & WinVistaClub.com. Creating a System Restore Point before trying out a new software or a tweak is always recommended.

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  • http://evilfantasy.wordpress.com Kevin

    I wonder how many people actually use the pre-installed games in Windows?

  • http://trm96network.org trm96

    @Kevin
    I use Solitaire all the time.

  • http://angrykeyboarder.com Scott Beamer

    I did a clean install of Windows 7 Professional (upgrade version) on my computer and I’d swear games were enabled by default.

    Hmmmmm

  • http://www.galaxyee.blogspot.com immu

    Hi thanks for providing the tip very useful. You are genuine MVP. Amazingly the games are fully functional. windows 7 has got everything.

  • Arkady54

    Thanks……………all the games are accessed.

  • Rahul Gojme

    Thankssss……………..Dude
    I access all games now

  • brese

    thanks man, you helped me fix that!!

  • Harish

    thanks dude it worked wonders :)

  • Eduard

    Hi all..kindly teach me how to run games from windows 7

  • Zubair

    Thanx dude it worked!

  • Mike

    Thanks it worked.

  • Cleavus

    Doesnt work though if you need adminstrator Access password from the iT department though! – darn

  • john graham

    can’t choose which games i want on , windows 7 Professional

  • http://ankaaa.myopenid.com/ Anka

    thanks a lot!!

  • Veree

    works with win 7 x64 oem / Dell latitude e6500 win 7 preinstal.

  • Ty

    I did this, and they’re still no there and when i go back to do it again, the box is filled and no games are checked off.

    What do I do? And no, it didn’t ask me to restart

  • Joannes Meyer1

    thank you

  • Dangerazm

    features doesnt show me anything

  • Eri

    Thanks Sir, It’s Worked :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002007187436 ?????? ????

    Thanks……………

  • Justinwk

    Read the article above…….