microsoft solitaire collection not working in windows 8.1

The links on the site without extensions in their names are presumably the installers for the Windows Phone 8.1 versions of the games. Maybe you can right click on the name and add '.xap' to the file name (witout quotes) and see if that works. They are saved without extensions and I do not know how to convert them to XAP files. The special site also finds links for Windows Phone apps but the downloaded files are not saved as XAP files. Installers will need to be obtained from folks who have them. An early Windows 10 version of Microsoft Mahjong runs on Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile. Only the ones for Windows 10 Version 1709 (Build 16299) are available. Microsoft Jigsaw * - Windows Phone 8.1 and early Windows 10 versions of these games are also gone from the Store and the site. The Windows 8.1 versions of the following games are unsearchable in the Windows 8.1 Store, cannot be reinstalled from the app library on Windows 8.1, and cannot be retrieved by the special site: 1. The changes made by the MCG team has also impacted early Windows 10 versions of the games as well.

Please notify the TA personnel about this so that the necessary updates can be made. But I want to let you know the latest on these changes. A few of them have seemed to have dodged it for the time being.

Nevertheless, not all of the games have gotten the axe. See information on that in the link below. Furthermore, the special site used to obtain links for the games can no longer find them. On December 14, 2020, many of these games disappeared from the Store for Windows 8.1 and app libraries as well, making them unsearchable and unable to be reinstalled on Windows 8.1. Many of you might not be aware of this but the Microsoft Casual Games (MCG) team has made some changes with the servers as it pertains to the casual games on Windows 8.1.

Microsoft solitaire collection not working in windows 8.1