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Wins At Your Back

Wins At Your Back

Logged in each day of an entire month and completed at least one Daily Challenge.

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How to unlock the Wins At Your Back achievement in Microsoft Minesweeper - Definitive Guide

Simplest method (currently March 2023)!

At the present time, the game allows you to play the current month AND also the previous month for free

To unlock this achievement, simply play a daily challenge for each day of the previous month
(no need to change dates!)

I tested it with two different accounts and it works even with the month of February (which some people reported to have problems in the past) :)


EDIT: Maybe due to Microsoft updating the game, as of today (May 1st, 2023) this solution, unfortunately, isn't unlocking the achievement as it previously was
If it is patched in a new update I'll (re)edit this solution
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11 Mar 2023 18:28

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Just select the previous month, then the 1st day, play one challenge, go to day 2 and keep doing that
Should pop right after you finish playing the last challenge!
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By blastfreak X on 11 Mar 2023 19:02
This works perfectly. Achievement popped right after finishing the last day of February 2023
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By MadNess954 on 12 Mar 2023 03:21
How do you go to the previous month? i don't see any option for this
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By darkling1542 on 31 Mar 2023 10:46
Go to Daily Challenges, click Month (right to today’s date), click left arrow to go to previous month, then you can start from day 1
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By blastfreak X on 31 Mar 2023 10:55
This doesn't appear to be working any longer. I completed two challenges for each day in March without result.
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By Matter92 on 30 Apr 2023 22:46
I've just completed my last daily challenge of June after logging in and play the others on the correct day and got no achievement.. The previous month method didn't work for me either when i tried it in May hopefully there will be a way to obtain this last achievement.
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By Ed AFCA on 30 Jun 2023 06:38
I have also just completed June playing every day over the month. Did not pop.
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By RubberChickn87 on 30 Jun 2023 11:30
I’ve tried last month with an alt and it also didn’t unlock that’s why I’ve updated the solution..
It’s a shame Microsoft updated this (and others of this series) making it impossible to unlock as it previously was
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By blastfreak X on 30 Jun 2023 11:59
Just completed my last one without missing a day in August and same issue, no luck popping.
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By TopherXPwns on 31 Aug 2023 06:19
After their update at that time it became glitchy to unlock unfortunately..
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By blastfreak X on 31 Aug 2023 06:27
Unfortunately I've had tha same issue.
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By AMrKCDavis YT on 31 Aug 2023 14:07
It’s a shame MS did this (and also for other games of this genre for what I’ve heard)
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By blastfreak X on 31 Aug 2023 14:09
That’s great Davis!
Hope to hear from you soon
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By blastfreak X on 01 Sep 2023 09:38
no news?? :((
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By CptWillyBoy on 18 Sep 2023 15:05
Unfortunately still no news Willy..
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By blastfreak X on 18 Sep 2023 15:17
I've logged in real-time and played every day since Aug 14th, letting all animations play out and still no unlock. Hoping it unlocks at the end of Sept. Maybe they updated it so it has to be an actual month and not just 31 days?
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By XAssassinX2819 on 19 Sep 2023 10:43
How do we get in touch with a developer about this? Microsoft will probably ignore us? :(
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By CptWillyBoy on 26 Sep 2023 18:16
AMrKCDavis YT already contacted them, think he’s still waiting for a reply
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By blastfreak X on 26 Sep 2023 20:51
Appreciate you looking into it KC, crossing my fingers for an update soon!
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By CptWillyBoy on 25 Oct 2023 15:27
I contacted them again and recieved a response. They are working on an update. Three games so far have an update, but unfortunately not Minesweeper. It's in their plans, and when it gets to Minesweeper turn, it should be fixed. I'll email them again in a couple of weeks and post the update.
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By AMrKCDavis YT on 30 Oct 2023 21:10
Great to hear that Davis, let’s hope it gets fixed soon. Thank you!
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By blastfreak X on 30 Oct 2023 21:13
Definitely not fixed as of today. Mine should have popped but didn't. ☹️
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By Jump Joker on 31 Oct 2023 15:01
Did not pop either. Such a shame!
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By KerbHopper on 31 Oct 2023 22:27
Mine hasn't popped either. Using the date change solutions and legit doing August, September, and October. No achievement.
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By Saft Und Kraft on 05 Nov 2023 21:37
I made a detailed post in this game's forum on how I am able to consistently unlock this achievement with the main issue being that it won't sync to my profile.
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By DanielBCook on 07 Jan 2024 22:59
I really hate to post this, but in favour of helping others achieve this achievement, I will. I am sorry and if you wish for me to remove this comment, I will. I finally managed to unlock this achievement today, thanks to downloading an older version of the game and using the change date trick. There is another guide on here, that details how to go about downloading the older version. Just make sure that you have automatic updates in the Microsoft Store turned off.

If the comment is okay to stay, and there is an update that fixes the issue, I will then also remove this comment.
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By AMrKCDavis YT on 01 Apr 2024 16:14
Hope they fix it soon so that everyone can get the achievement (I’ll update the solution if they change anything)
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By blastfreak X on 31 Aug 2023 14:10
I've submitted a bug report, and they've got back to me, asking for some files to look further into this. I'm going to send them those files, and hope for a fix. I'll keep you updated, right here. Fingers crossed.
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By AMrKCDavis YT on 01 Sep 2023 09:08
I did receive a reply. Basically, they're looking into. They may be able to fix it in a future update, however, those of us who want the achievement will have to redo the entire month. They also said, they'd let me know, when a fix has been issued. Unfortunately I haven't heard anything else. Apologies for the delay. Was hoping to hear they'd fixed it, before updating here. As for reporting it to them, there is a support tab in the game, where you can report bugs. Although they want a lot of information, about the PC, version of the game etc. I also had to send them certain files from the game. I do believe from how they engaged, they are working on a fix, but they are a small team. Sorry for the essay answer.
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By AMrKCDavis YT on 07 Oct 2023 18:10
Mine popped today, here's how I got it to unlock...
I played the entire month of December (1-31) legit, only completing one challenge per day. Except I missed one day around mid-month. For that, I exited the game, changed date on PC to previous day, re-started game, did daily challenge for the missed day. Then exited game, changed date back to current day, re-started game, completed challenge for the current day. I continued working out the month legit all the way through 12/31. Achievement did not pop. I then exited the game, changed date on PC to Nov 30th (last day of previous month), re-started game and did a challenge for that date. Once done, I exited the game, changed date back to current day (12/31), and completed a 2nd challenge. Achievement then popped.
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By SinisterPhoenix on 01 Jan 2024 05:48
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For this achievement you'll need to log in on each seperate day, you can't just do them all on the final day of the month. You can cheese it by changing your calendar on your computer, but you'll have to do it incrementally, like with the 5 days in a row achievement. :)

EDIT: some people have issues with this unlocking, please try the solution mentioned by ZnioX below:
I had the same issue, did all of February by the book, but the achievement did not pop yesterday. However it did pop today after I followed the instructions from this post:

Basically, set your computer date to January 31st, complete one challenge on that day, close, set date to January 30th, complete one challenge on that day, close, set date to January 29th, complete one challenge on that day, close, set date to February 28th, (re)complete one challenge on that day (even if you did all 3, just do one again) then the achievement pops :) It seems the game is tracking the past 31 days instead of tracking the actual month?
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03 Jun 2021 15:04

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Building on everyone's work here, I think my experience just getting this will be useful to someone. I actually used the date change trick earlier this month. I picked a month last year and went through days 1-31 in order playing one challenge for each day. Achievement popped in the game at 31 but then when I changed the time back to the present it didn't pop in the system and all my progress was deleted when it synced to the system.

Today being the end of the month, I decided to do it all over again for the present month. In this case, when I got to the last day of the month I just change the date back to "set time automatically" and the system will be synced as well. It worked perfectly.

Some notes:

1. I did NOT disconnect my internet connection for any of this. I only changed the date manually by right-clicking bottom right time/calendar and selecting "adjust date and time."

2. I only started Minesweeper once and never closed it, although I returned to the main screen from the Daily Challenges before changing the date each time. (I don't know if this was necessary but that's how I did it.)

3. After completing a daily challenge and backing to the main screen and then changing the system date, the prior day would still show on the Daily Challenges. Ignore it, but after selecting Daily Challenges make sure to press the right arrow to the next day (which won't be greyed out because you already changed the system date). After pressing right to the "present" date, play one challenge and then back to the main screen and change to the next date and so on.

4. As I mentioned above, once I got to the actual last day of the month (which was the real date), I just reset the system back to "set time automatically" and then just played one challenge for the true present day as normal. All the credit for the prior days of the month was properly given as though they had been played on their respective days and the achievement popped normally as I completed this last daily challenge, which was the only one done on the actual true date.

5. This didn't take very long at all just playing an easy challenge from each day after changing the date. The most annoying part was the 30 second ads for each play.
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By BKLortz on 31 Jan 2023 19:03
I had the same issue, did all of February by the book, but the achievement did not pop yesterday. However it did pop today after I followed the instructions from this post:
Microsoft Minesweeper (Windows 8)Wins At Your BackThe Wins At Your Back achievement in Microsoft Minesweeper (Windows 8) worth 47 pointsLog in each day of an entire month and complete at least one Daily Challenge.


Basically, set your computer date to January 31st, complete one challenge on that day, close, set date to January 30th, complete one challenge on that day, close, set date to January 29th, complete one challenge on that day, close, set date to February 28th, (re)complete one challenge on that day (even if you did all 3, just do one again) then the achievement pops :) It seems the game is tracking the past 31 days instead of tracking the actual month?
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By ZnioX on 01 Mar 2022 16:28
Not unlocking for me. Had completed at least one challenge each calendar day in this Feb. Don't know what went wrong.
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By julyvictor on 28 Feb 2022 02:38
Could be they might have patched it over the past half year, or possibly some weirdness with February being a shorter month than the others? Just a guess. Sorry it didn't pop for you :(
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By ijiekmotors on 28 Feb 2022 04:37
I just completed it like intended but it didn't pop for me either. It could just be because it is February.
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By Mehoph on 28 Feb 2022 19:55
I've attempted this achievement 6 times. Three of which legitimately. This month, I did all 3 challenges every day, and still nothing....
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By Master Okojo on 01 Mar 2022 00:09
It's weird, there's recent winners so the chevo isn't discontinued. Are you fellas sure you've been logging on once a day to do it? Going back a day to do it voids it. Elsewise, could be a timezone thing.
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By ijiekmotors on 01 Mar 2022 01:17
Every single day. Even double checked after I did my first challenge of the day that I didn't miss the previous day. I never did.

Does this achievement track inside the app? Other achievements do, but this one doesn't appear to have tracking for me. In other MS casual games, the once a day achievements are tracked.
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By Master Okojo on 01 Mar 2022 01:38
Clever stuff ZnioX. Do you mind if I add that into my solution? I'll credit you, of course.
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By ijiekmotors on 01 Mar 2022 17:40
Sure, but no need to credit me, credit goes to Cashin and Cosminiion who wrote the post I referenced :)
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By ZnioX on 01 Mar 2022 23:21
YES! ZnioX's method worked! Finally...
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By Master Okojo on 02 Mar 2022 01:27
Method worked great :) Thanks
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By sDnB on 03 Mar 2022 15:56
It didn't work for me. I know for sure I logged in every day of this month, April. Then, I tried logging in on the 31st and 30th of last month, March. Lastly, I logged in and completed a challenge on April 30, the last day of the current month, and didn't unlock the achievement. Is anyone else having the same problem?
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By CandidFever3 on 30 Apr 2022 22:55
All I did was changing the day on system to the last day of the prior month, finish the task. Then I tried any challenge of the month I completed, failed the challenged and it popped.
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By Coranhon1 on 31 May 2022 03:53
All I did was changing the day on system to the last day of the prior month, finish the task. Then I tried any challenge of the month I completed, failed the challenged and it popped.
This worked for me (although I passed the challenge) after doing all May legit.
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By IceFrogger1313 on 31 May 2022 12:53
For me, it allows me to go to the previous month, so while working on the gold medals I was doing all the flag challenges since they were easy and when I did them all, this achievement unlocked for me. Since I technically did a challenge from each day in a month but I didnt have to log in each day to accomplish it.
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By RPCJose on 19 Sep 2022 10:57
I went to the previous month and did all the flag challenges for each day but the achievement didn't pop. I then tried logging in each day of an earlier month with 31 days and it still didn't pop. I tried it on several months, going back and logging in each day but no luck. I only started this game on January 6th so I doubt it will pop at the end of this month and, from the comments, February looks to be buggy since its a short month. I won't have a chance to attempt it legit till the end of March.
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By smokestack1088 on 28 Jan 2023 05:23
Just fyi. I've done 3 months legit. And tried the techniques up above. No achievement. I really don't know what else can be done at this point...
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By Saft Und Kraft on 05 Nov 2023 21:31
Thought I'd come back and mention that it's still not unlocking. Did a challenge every day of November and nothing. Changing the date didn't help either. Tried multiple times on different months. Ugh
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By Saft Und Kraft on 30 Nov 2023 23:26
Same, I am going to attempt this coming month without failing a challenge. If I do fail one, I will Concede and Exit instead of selecting Continue.
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By DanielBCook on 01 Dec 2023 22:51
I made a detailed post in this game's forum on how I am able to consistently unlock this achievement with the main issue being that it won't sync to my profile.
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By DanielBCook on 07 Jan 2024 23:00
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For those for whom this achievement is not unlocking. The easiest and best way is to download an older version. Much like the Jigsaw Achievements that aren't unlocking. The older version did reset my progress on the monthly medals so it would pay to either do this first or leave it until you have all the monthly Bronze Silver and Gold ones.
An older and safe version can be found here. This is the same archival site which the older Jigsaw version can be downloaded from.

https://www.appx4fun.com/xap/55441/

You can then do the date change and play one daily challenge thing. The achievement unlocked on the last day of the month even though I failed it.

Update: after updating to the newer version after unlocking the achievement my monthly medals progress was restored.

Good luck!
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29 Feb 2024 07:52

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Would not let me download, said it is not secure. Is there a way to get around this?

Update: Was able to download and was able to pop the achievement.
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By PaulRKraft on 02 Mar 2024 00:01
This has been the last achievement for me for so long, and this finally got it to unlock for me. Thank you so much! I can finally uninstall this mess and move on with my life. It does list the file as unsecure, but you can click on 'Keep Anyway' or something like that to install it.
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By spwoodru on 02 Mar 2024 22:06
Downloaded and installed it but the game won't start. It freezes in the first green screen.

Update: The game did work after restarting the PC and cleaning registry entries

Update2: Tried May 2024 on the first day and changed the date to future dates while completing the challenge and still didn't get the achievement. In the process Windows updated the old version automatically and I had to do it all over again. Maybe that was the problem. Remember to turn off Windows Store update before doing it. I'm gonna try again next month.
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By rmendonca on 01 May 2024 18:09
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The trophy means that you need to start completing tasks on the first day of the month, and complete one of the tasks of the current day every day. The trophy will drop on the last day of the month, after completing the next task.
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07 Jan 2016 22:35