# Computer problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 19, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-problem/255775 "2004-07-19T04:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-problem/255775/1 "2004-07-19T04:02:49Z")
Allofasudden, out of the blue, I can’t play any card games like Free Cell and Solitaire. I keep getting this message: _SOL_ _An error has occured in your program. To keep working anyway, click ignore and save your work to a new file. To this program, click close. You will lose information you entered since your last save._ WTF? What’s going on? Why can’t I get into these simple programs? I was just playing it this morning! And WTF is “SOL”? Does it mean what I think it means? ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-problem/255775/2 "2004-07-19T04:22:15Z")
Solitaire is **sol.exe**. Dunno about the rest, though. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-problem/255775/3 "2004-07-19T04:28:19Z")
Just a WAG, but I believe both games share a library called cards.dll. If it’s damaged, that could screw up both games. Find it on your C: drive, then snag a clean copy from your Windows CD. In XP, it’s under c:\winnt\system32.