GitHub - levicki/SLC: Replacement SLC.DLL which enables Windows 7 version of FreeCell and Minesweeper to run on Windows 10 and Windows 11

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SLC

TL;DR — Code in this repository emulates

SLGetWindowsInformationDWORD

API from SLC.DLL with a singular purpose — to enable playing original

Microsoft FreeCell

and

Microsoft Minesweeper

games from Microsoft Windows 7 on a modern Microsoft Windows operating systems such as Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Windows 11.

DISCLAIIMER:

This code was written for educational purposes only, with a sole goal of gaming history preservation.

It can only be used to bypass the enablement check for those two specific games which must be acquired legally (i.e. you must own a valid Microsoft Windows 7 product key and installation media).

It is provided as a way to avoid having to run fully virtualized Microsoft Windows 7 operating system in order to run those games today.

The author does not condone licensing circumvention nor piracy and cannot be held responsbile for your eventual misuse of their code.

By obtaining and compiling this code or by downloading prebuilt DLLs from the Releases page you are taking full responsibility for your own actions.

Microsoft Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.