
Executable files may, in some cases, harm your computer. exe extension on a filename indicates an executable file. Solitaire stands for Microsoft Solitaire Collection Windows 8 and above stopped incorporating "solitaire.exe" the module name is used in the free "Microsoft Solitaire Collection" app in the Windows Store. The Silver Creek version installs in "C:\Program Files\Hardwood Solitaire IV" (or "III") and includes an "uninstall.exe" program, (used via Control Panel). Vista and Windows 7 use "solitaire.exe", installing it with the OS in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Solitaire", unless excluded in a "Custom Install." Once installed under Vista and Win7, it can be turned off by selecting "Control Panel"|"Programs and Features"|"Windows Features" and unchecking either all Games or just Solitaire, but never permanently removed. Microsoft's Solitaire game began as "sol.exe" with Windows 3.0, using "sol.exe" until XP.

"Solitaire.exe" on a Windows computer is usually Microsoft's classic Klondike solitaire card game, although Oberon's Silver Creek Entertainment sells Hardwood Solitaire III or IV, which also uses this name, (they discontinued "Deluxe"), and various individuals offer other "solitaire.exe" games online for downloading.

The genuine Solitaire.exe file is a software component of Microsoft Solitaire Collection by Microsoft Corporation.
