Windows Solitaire Boss Key Easter Egg
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:13 pm
Just a random thing, there's an easter egg in Solitaire apparently called the "Boss Key".
Pressing ESC makes sol.exe go hide in the taskbar and change its identity to budget.xls with an Excel icon.
Tested on Windows 2000 RC2 (5.00.2128 Alpha AXP32)
Pressing ESC makes sol.exe go hide in the taskbar and change its identity to budget.xls with an Excel icon.
Tested on Windows 2000 RC2 (5.00.2128 Alpha AXP32)
- Maximised Solitaire, nothing wrong to see.
- Ditto, Solitaire is minimized using the titlebar icons
- Pressing ESC makes Solitaire hide and perform metamorphosis.