Wednesday, July 27, 2011

I miss MS Pinball. Is it available for Windows 7?

Question

Am I the only one who misses Microsoft Pinball? Will the XP version work on Windows 7?

Why doesn't Windows 7 come with it?

Answer

If you have a copy of Windows XP lying around, you can simply copy the "C:\Program Files\Windows NT\pinball" folder in its entirety to anywhere on your Windows 7 machine and run pinball.exe. No compatibility mode needed.

This is very easy if you have Windows XP Mode installed. I just tested this on my Windows 7 x64 machine and it works great. Don't bother with third party clones.

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