Windows 10: certain games no longer launching since upgrade to Windows 10

I had five games installed on my son's laptop before upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10. These games were all running perfectly before the upgrade, but now only two of the five will launch.
The ones that won't open, just in case anyone is familiar with them, are Gardenscapes, Mortimer Beckett and the Lost King, and Mortimer Beckett and the Crimson Thief.
They are all still in the Games folder.
Is there a way of getting them to launch, or will I have to uninstall and then reinstall them?


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Microsoft games not working on Windows 10

My games were working ok upon my upgrade to windows 10 so I don't believe that has anything to do with the games no longer working. I don't get any error messages, it just never launches the game...

 

Certain PC Games no Longer Work

Some of my games have stopped working. For example, League of Legends. When I get into game, I can't do anything. I can't move my character, level skills, click on the shop, etc. The only things I can
do are move the cursor, and therefore the camera as well. In order to exit the game I have to alt+tab out and close the window. A similar thing happens in Dark Souls 3. It starts to open but then displays the message "Dark Souls 3 has stopped working", then
it closes. I have had this problem before, and I was able to fix it by restarting my computer every time I went on it. After a while, this stopped working for some reason. As a result, I had to system reset my computer (I chose to keep my personal apps and
files). This fixed it, until yesterday. I found that the problem was to do with a windows update, which I stopped from installing again. I thought this fixed the problem, but it came back today. I've tried doing system restores, uninstalling previous updates,
but none of this has worked. A system reset would probably fix it temporarily, but I would like to find a permanent fix.. My operating system is Windows 10, and my hardware is GTX 970 GPU, Intel i5 4690k CPU, 8GB RAM, MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition motherboard,
Corsair CX 600M PSU. Is it possible that this is a problem with the operating system, and switching to Windows 7 would fix it?

 

If you have the possibility to do so, then uninstalling and reinstalling would be a good thing to do for games that won't work after the Windows upgrade.

 

I was able to do that for one game, and it now opens properly, but I do not have the original CDs for the other two games (they were lent to me by a cousin in the U.S. !!).

Is there a way to get these games working? It seems that there is something stopping the .exe file from working.

 

You might try accessing the properties of the .exe file (right-click it) and going to the Compatibility tab and setting some options there.

 

No, unfortunately this doesn't work. Right clicking on properties gives me no compatibility tab.

 

Then you need to watch this:
Windows 8 -10: No Compatibility Tab in Properties Box? No Problem! - YouTube

 

Thanks Kanata, but even following these instructions I was unable to get the games to launch. This is very strange: I know that the two Mortimer Beckett games are Windows 10 compatible, but they will not open. I'm at a loss as to what to try next...

 

Have you tried right clicking and "Run as Administrator"?

 

Hello Cbarnhorst,
yes, I did try that but it didn't change anything.*Sad

 

I recognize the titles and I suspect they are available at Big Fish Games. They cost $10 or $7 with a membership. In any case check

Games for PC, Mobile, iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac & Online | Big Fish

 

Yes they are and Big Fish Games play ok with windows 10
I have the Golf Card Game