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The Story!

Some time ago Google Blogoscoped had a post about what I'll call an "Advantage one can obtain in minesweeper".  Well, after over 1/2 a decade of my wife totally owning that game (she can beat Expert in around 160 seconds, and I think her record is in the 130s) I thought I might finally have a chance!  Well come to find out, it is nowhere near as useful as you might think in increasing your speed, but I decided to be resourceful and make it work!  So, within a couple days, I wrote this program to utilize this advantage and definitely rob my wife of the gold!  (She calls it cheating, I call it being resourceful)

The pictures!!

 About to run for the first time!

 

 

First Success!

 

 

Fast Sucess with PreScan Technology!

The Download!!!

MineCleaner Version 0.04 (requires .NET framework 1.1)

Enjoy!!!

System Requirements

Windows XP with MineSweeper installed

.NET framework 1.1 (microsoft.com)

FAQ -

(no one has actually asked me these, I just thought I'd use a little foresight and write them out)

 

How do I use this?

     When you launch the program, there is a question mark in the lower right hand corner.  Click that for directions.

 

When I try to run it, it says something about my security settings, what's up?

     You need to download the file and run it from your computer instead of running it directly.

 

It doesn't work!  Why is it clicking the wrong stuff?

     Your best bet is to increase the delay. Try setting it to 100 and working your way down.  For a 900 Mhz computer I have, 20 seems to be the sweet spot.

 

Do you have other "resourceful" tools like this?

     I have made a few things like this in the past, but never published anything.  If I see a huge interest in this, you never know!