I AM NOT GETTING PLAY OPTIONS LIKE 5 LIVES OR DYNAMITE. REINSTALLING MINESWEEPER IS NOT ...

I uninstalled from within the tiles screen (right-click on the Minesweeper tile and choose uninstall from the menu on the bottom). Then I shut down, and restarted after a few minutes. Then I reinstalled from the app store. Although the game does start in
instruction mode, I still had all my points and goodies. More, in fact, as the game started with 7 lives (and seemed to be rewarding me with an abundance of maps and dynamite). Still, a true fix will be welcome.

Hello CarTzy,

Thanks for your reply and suggestions. Something interesting/new/strange to me happened as I was trying out each Solution/suggestion.

For each solution, from 1 to 3, I would follow the instructions and then try loading Minesweeper. The result was the same: nothing changed. I then closed Minesweeper. I then moved on to the next solution.

I did the same for solution 4 except that I forgot to close Minesweeper. I started to write a detailed description of my efforts to post as this reply. A short time later, when I returned to try solution 5, I noticed that I had not closed minesweeper. When I clicked the icon, I found that Minesweeper was open. Not only that, I played a couple of the daily challenges.

I then closed Minesweeper and shut down the Microsoft Solitaire Collection. I next opened Microsoft Solitaire Collection, clicked on Minesweeper and waited. The big white opening window appeared but nothing else happened. I waited. After a few minutes the intro page disappeared and the game options appeared. I played one or two and then shut down Minesweeper. I then repeated that process several times: start Minesweeper, wait until the game options appear, play one or two options, shut down Minesweeper. I repeated that 5 more times, but timing each process. The times between the appearance of the opening window and its disappearance – and the ability to play Minesweeper – ranged from 1:20 to 3:01. I have repeated the process several times and it always eventually brings up the Minesweeper options.

So, thanks for your efforts to help but I think something else may be happening. I have no idea. Do you or any other readers?

Thanks again.

$5 seems a bit overpriced considering
TITANFALL DELUXE EDITION is the same price on this weeks
DEALS WITH GOLD.

With that said, yeah... it's worth it. I picked it up for laughs. lol It is quite the button masher though.

Dungeon 1. The way forward is blocked by a monster. The only arrow is (presumably) sealed behind a perimeter of stone and traps, with no dynamite in any accessible space.

Dungeon 1. Unsolvable. Literally impossible to clear. What an absolute farce of software development.

solved it by:

1. Closing minesweeper.

2. Navigating (in file explorer) to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftMinesweeper_8wekyb3d8bbwe

3. renaming LocalState (to LocalStateOld).

4. starting minesweeper (error logging on to xbox live)

5. start adventure, click past tutorial, close mine sweeper.

6. undo rename LocalState (back to LocalState).

7. Start MineSweeper and play adventure, click past tutorial.