Enable Hidden Secret “Debug” Menu in Microsoft “Spider Solitaire” Game in Windows Vista and 7
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This article will help you in enabling a hidden secret “Debug” menu in Microsoft Spider Solitaire game which comes pre-installed in Windows Vista and 7. This secret “Debug” menu will allow you to cheat in the game. You can instant win, lose, force any move, force save, enable autoplay, quickly customize card deck and board background using this new secret menu.
Description:
Recently we shared a detailed tutorial about revealing secret “Debug” menu in Windows Vista and 7 built-in games:
Revealing Hidden Secret “Debug” Menu to Cheat in Built-in Microsoft Games in Windows Vista, 7
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The above mentioned method requires editing of a system file using Resource Hacker tool. Its a bit complicated task and requires expertise to properly edit system file.
If you don’t want to edit the file manually, we have also provided an already modified file at the end of this tutorial for your convenience. You just need to download the file and replace existing file in your Windows with this new one. That’s it.
Result Preview:
By default Spider Solitaire game window looks like following screenshot:
And when you enable secret “Debug” menu, it looks like following:
As you can see, the new “Debug” menu allows you to force win, force lose, force save, force load, enable autoplay (computer plays for you), allow any move and many other things in the game which are not accessible without using this hack.
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And that’s not all. You also get direct access to options for customizing card deck and board background as shown in following screenshot:
How to Instructions:
Following are simple steps to follow to enable hidden secret “Debug” menu in Spider Solitaire game in Windows Vista and 7:
1. First download and install Resource Hacker using following tutorial. The tutorial will also help you in learning how to use this awesome tool:
All About Resource Hacker in a Brief Tutorial
2. Now launch Resource Hacker and open following file in it:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\SpiderSolitaire\en-US\SpiderSolitaire.exe.mui
Note 1: Here C: is the system drive where Windows is installed. If you installed Windows in any other partition, replace C: with that partition letter.
Note 2: “en-US” folder is found in English language Windows versions, if you have a different language version of Windows, replace en-US with your own localization string like fr-FR, etc.
3. Now expand Menu -> 102 and replace existing code in right-side pane with following code:
102 MENU
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP “&Game”
{
MENUITEM “&New Game\tF2”, 40001
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM “&Undo\tCtrl+Z”, 40011
MENUITEM “&Hint\tH”, 40012
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM “&Statistics\tF4”, 40003
MENUITEM “&Options\tF5”, 40004
MENUITEM “Change &Appearance\tF7”, 40002
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
POPUP “Change Card Deck”
{
MENUITEM “Classic Deck”, 64952
MENUITEM “Hearts Deck”, 64953
MENUITEM “Seasons Deck”, 64954
MENUITEM “Large Print Deck”, 64958
}
POPUP “Change Background”
{
MENUITEM “Classic Felt”, 64955
MENUITEM “Red Hearts”, 64956
MENUITEM “Green Nature”, 64957
MENUITEM “Red Felt”, 40049
MENUITEM “Brown Felt”, 40050
}
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM “E&xit”, 40005
}
POPUP “&Help”
{
MENUITEM “&View Help\tF1”, 40008
MENUITEM “&About Spider Solitaire”, 40007
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM “Get &More Games Online”, 40015
}
POPUP “Debug”
{
MENUITEM “Force Save”, 40021
MENUITEM “Force Load”, 40022
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM “Delete Settings”, 40024
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM “Show Idle Tip”, 40034
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM “Toggle debug keys”, 40032
MENUITEM “Win”, 40036
MENUITEM “Lose”, 40037
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM “AutoPlay”, 40038
MENUITEM “AutoPlay + WaitOnAnimations”, 40040
MENUITEM “Disable Autoplay”, 40042
MENUITEM “Toggle Dialogs (allows infinite autoplay)”, 40044
MENUITEM “Toggle Hint Rankings Display”, 40045
MENUITEM “Toggle Allow Any Move”, 40046
}
}
4. Now click on “Compile Script” button and save the file.
5. That’s it. Now launch the game and get ready to enjoy hidden “Debug” menu.
Download Already Modified MUI File:
If you don’t want to modify the MUI file manually, you can download following ZIP file, extract it and you’ll get already modified SpiderSolitaire.exe.mui file.
Download Link (for Windows 7)
Download Link (for Windows Vista)
You just need to replace existing .MUI file present in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\SpiderSolitaire\en-US\ folder with this new one.
To replace default file, first rename it to some other name like SpiderSolitaire_backup.exe.mui and then copy and paste new downloaded SpiderSolitaire.exe.mui file in this folder.
NOTE: If you don’t see the “Debug” menu after replacing the file, do as following:
1. Click on “Start button -> All Programs -> Accessories“. Right-click on “Command Prompt” and select “Run As Administrator“. If you are prompted to enter password, enter the password and continue. You can also open Command Prompt in Administrator mode by typing “cmd” in Start Menu Search box and press “Ctrl+Shift+Enter“.
2. Now type mcbuilder and press Enter. Wait for a few seconds to finish the command process and then restart your system.
Now you should get “Debug” menu without any problem.
Hi VG, What the Numbers are Represent ?.
and How we find them.
MENUITEM “Win”, 40036
in this case I asked about the number “40036” and other related numbers..
^^ Those are built-in numbers. Windows uses them for the associated operation.
^^ I didnt find them. They are already defined there. 😉
Thank VG.! for Spent your time on My Comments..
windows 7 pc the files my spider solitair has are
mui file 1
with a weird symbol saying 1033 after that its
icon files 1 thru 10
icon group
file 108
file version
1
file 24 and file
301
its like my game has missing files
can som1 please help
Can I get Microsoft Spider Solitaire on my PC now I have updated to Windows 10?
Thank you for providing the debug menu information. I discovered long ago that occassionally the game cannot be won if the wrong first move is made before the game is saved. The debug feature allows the original game to be saved. When I retired from programming, I wrote a C# utility to help solve this Spider Solitaire game. I put the program and the sources at Github.com/BeemerBiker . One can easily win %85 and with added effort and thought, only about 1 or 2 out of 100 games cannot be solved.
Thank you for sharing the wonderful Spider Solitaire game.
Still not working? Try this…
Open C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\SpiderSolitaire
then you have different language folders, open each one, note the date, and then delete it, now paste the modified mui file in there. Check to make sure the date is current and not the original date (in mine it was 2010).
Next cmd as administrator and type in mcbuilder and slap the enter key. After getting a new command prompt, close it and open Spider. Wahoo!
Thanks VG