Minesweeper under Win10 doesn't work - after watching ads

KAF128 · Jun 12, 2021

I have seen two other people post about Minesweeper crashing all the time on the Daily Challenges. They ask if the software is tested properly. With me it often won't start, when I sit through the ads, it just points me towards downloading another, different game (I have no interest in this game). Even when I actually download the other game, the game of Minesweeper does not resume. This is very irritating, I would like to know why Microsoft does this with previously free games; it also happens intermittently with other games including Daily Sudoku, but with Minesweeper the game stops working for a week or two at a time - not very helpful if we are to complete a month of Daily Challenges !

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XBF Aicha T

Hello There ! I highly recommend following the troubleshooting steps mentioned on the link below:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/games-apps/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-gameplay-issues-windows-10

KAF128

Hello There ! I highly recommend following the troubleshooting steps mentioned on the link below:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/games-apps/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-gameplay-issues-windows-10

Link is rubbish - think it's spam. Goes nowhere, but it's just about what one has come to expect from Microsoft..... and Minesweeper still won't start up.

I_Rufus

From WINVER:
Version 21H2; Build 19044.2728

I eventually ran the in-place upgrade and, after a very long time, the current version of Win10 was installed on my computer. There was an immediate problem: no cursor. I pushed the power button, shutting down my computer, and then waited about 5 minutes, before restarting. The cursor was there.
I then ran a couple of programs, including games. They worked, but seemed to load more slowly than I remember. Probably because of the new Win10 download. Did a restart. Tried to load Minesweeper. Got the same results as before: initial screen appeared but a couple more minutes until the Minesweeper options appeared. Once they appeared, they seemed to work OK. I repeated those steps several times: restart; load Minesweeper, wait some time before the game options appeared. One last item, something I had mentioned previously: A few seconds after the initial Minesweeper page opens, the was a quick flash/interruption. The screen turns black for a second, two seconds at most, then returns to the whit, initial Minesweeper page. One exception was, instead of the black screen, the Minesweeper options screen appeared, but only for a second or so.
Any more ideas?

Thanks.

DPSRacer

Adding Minesweeper to Kaspersky's trusted applications worked.

Thanks a lot!

BKLortz

Thanks Misses Quinzel.

One additional note - I noticed that I have this same issue with one achievement for Minesweeper on Win8.1, so I don't believe the issue is exclusive to Win10.

Minesweeper under Win10 doesn't work - after watching ads