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  • December 10, 2000 at 7:37 am #2093115

    romoving games from windows 2000 prof

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    by paul_gski · about 22 years, 9 months ago

    how do you remomve the games i.e. pinball
    from windows 2000 proffesional. also then how to you re-install. I have looked at the add/remove programs but can’t seem to find the games???

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    • December 10, 2000 at 9:07 am #3869258

      romoving games from windows 2000 prof

      by stuff · about 22 years, 9 months ago

      In reply to romoving games from windows 2000 prof

      As Pinball is supplied with Windows 2000 you need to change Windows components rather than add/remove applications.

      I don’t have a 2000 machine in front of me but in Windows 9x its Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Windows Setup | Games.

      Hope this helps

      Chris

    • December 10, 2000 at 10:36 am #3869251

      romoving games from windows 2000 prof

      by ramil.israfilov · about 22 years, 9 months ago

      In reply to romoving games from windows 2000 prof

      This is an excerpt from Microsoft KnowledgeBase:
      NOTE: Microsoft does not support the editing or modifying of .inf files included on the Windows 2000 CD-ROM or distribution server. This information is provided only as a convenience and is not supported.

      Displaying the Items After Setup Is Finished
      In the %SystemRoot%\Inf folder on the system volume, use a text editor (such as Notepad) to open the Sysoc.inf file.

      Locate the “old base components” line.

      For each component you want to appear in the Add/Remove Programs tool, remove the comma and “Hide” comment. For example, change
      Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
      to:
      Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7

      Also remove the “HIDE” option from the “AccessUtil=” line. If you leave this option hidden, then none of the other components in the “old base components” section are available in Add/Remove Programs.

      Save and then close the file.

    • December 10, 2000 at 10:44 am #3869249

      romoving games from windows 2000 prof

      by mehial · about 22 years, 9 months ago

      In reply to romoving games from windows 2000 prof

      1. Find the file sysoc.inf, which should be located %systemroot%\inf\.

      2. Open the file with any text editor.

      3. Locate ‘; old base components’ and remove the word HIDE from each line, leaving the commas in place.

      4. Save the file, no need to reboot. The missing options should now be available in add/remove programs.

    • March 10, 2001 at 5:59 pm #3676418

      romoving games from windows 2000 prof

      by paul_gski · about 22 years, 6 months ago

      In reply to romoving games from windows 2000 prof

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