Windows – Transfering Freecell stats from one computer to another

hard drivewindows 7

My Windows 7 system died (boo hoo). I now have another Windows 7 system (YEAH!!!), but, I would like to transfer my FREECELL stats. (500 plus wins without a loss – thank you very much.) The system hard drive from the dead system is intact and I have added it to the new system as a secondary drive. The new system will not allow me to play the FREECELL while it resides as the 2nd drive, but I can, of course, play the new systems FREECELL. Can I transfer the stats? Thank you.

Best Answer

Can I transfer the stats?

In Windows 7 the freecell statistics are stored in FreeCellSettings.xml

The full path of the file is:

C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft Games\FreeCell\FreeCellSettings.xml

You can copy this file to your new installation:

  1. Run freecell on the new installation once to create the appropriate directories/files.

  2. Make a note of the FreeCellSettings.xml file ownership/permissons settings

  3. Copy FreeCellSettings.xml from the secondary drive to C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft Games\FreeCell\

  4. Fix up file ownership/permissions as needed using the settings from step 2.

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