Easter Eggs
In the earliest versions, games numbered -1 and -2 were included as a kind of Easter egg to demonstrate that there were some possible card combinations that clearly could not be won. Following that, the cards are arranged in order of value, such as King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9 and 8 in the first four piles, and the remaining numbers in the other.
In versions prior to Windows Vista, if the user pushes the combination of Ctrl+Shift+F10 at any time during the game, the user will be presented with a tool used by the developers during testing.
In the Windows Vista and Windows 7 versions, if the user hits 'Select Game' and types -3 or -4 in the dialog box, then, when the game loads, drags an ace to the suit home pile, the other cards will automatically follow onto the suit home pile, winning the game.
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