Playing Minesweeper


Minesweeper is a game you play against the computer. The goal is to uncover, in the shortest possible time, all the squares that don't contain mines. If you uncover a square that contains a mine, you lose. The key is to use the numbers in the uncovered squares to determine which adjacent squares contain the mines.

Play Minesweeper

Choose Minesweeper from the Games folder of the Start menu. If this is the first time you've played this game, click the difficulty level you want to try.

Click a square to uncover it and to uncover any adjacent squares that don't have mines next to them. You might need to click more squares before you can use the numbers of adjacent mines to determine mine locations.

Right-click to mark a square that you believe contains a mine. If you're not sure, right-click the square a second time to mark it as a possible mine.

Click a square that you believe doesn't contain a mine. Continue finding unmined squares and marking squares that contain mines until you've revealed all the unmined squares.

Tip

The number in a square represents the total number of mines in adjacent squaresdirectly above, below, diagonal to, or to the left or right of the numbered square. Use several exposed numbers to figure out where the mines are.


Tip

If the game is too easy or too difficult, choose a different level of difficulty for the game from the Game menu. The greater the level of difficulty, the more squares and mines the game contains.




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