Some weeks ago (and like a ninny I didn't elect to store messages off-line) one of the users here *posted* a solution whereby an end-user could restore a number of intentionally HIDDEN Windows "System" Components to the Add/Remove Control Panel through the judicious editing of one of the *.inf's located in the INF subfolder of the the WINNT (or whatever it maybe called) folder.

I need the name of that specific *.inf and, if whoever *posted* this information in the first place would be so kind, instructions on how to proceed.

Warren C. E. Austin
Toronto, Canada

This page explains how to do it:
http://www.mvps.org/ecvogel/kb/XP_remove_progs.htm

"Warren C. E. Austin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Some weeks ago (and like a ninny I didn't elect to store messages
> off-line) one of the users here *posted* a solution whereby an end-user
> could restore a number of intentionally HIDDEN Windows "System" Components
> to the Add/Remove Control Panel through the judicious editing of one of
> the *.inf's located in the INF subfolder of the the WINNT (or whatever it
> maybe called) folder.
>
> I need the name of that specific *.inf and, if whoever *posted* this
> information in the first place would be so kind, instructions on how to
> proceed.
>
> Warren C. E. Austin
> Toronto, Canada

"Warren C. E. Austin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Some weeks ago (and like a ninny I didn't elect to store messages off-line) one of the users here *posted* a solution whereby an
end-user could restore a number of intentionally HIDDEN Windows "System" Components to the Add/Remove Control Panel through the
judicious editing of one of the *.inf's located in the INF subfolder of the the WINNT (or whatever it maybe called) folder.
>
> I need the name of that specific *.inf and, if whoever *posted* this information in the first place would be so kind, instructions
on how to proceed.
>
> Warren C. E. Austin
> Toronto, Canada

The file you want to edit is SYSOC.INF. Remove the "hide"
parameter from those features you want to appear in Add/
Remove Programs, e.g. change it from:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7

to:

Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7

Note the double comma. Make sure you leave both commas.

Rick

Warren C. E. Austin wrote:

> Some weeks ago (and like a ninny I didn't elect to store messages
> off-line) one of the users here *posted* a solution whereby an end-user
> could restore a number of intentionally HIDDEN Windows "System"
> Components to the Add/Remove Control Panel through the judicious editing
> of one of the *.inf's located in the INF subfolder of the the WINNT (or
> whatever it maybe called) folder.
>
> I need the name of that specific *.inf and, if whoever *posted* this
> information in the first place would be so kind, instructions on how to
> proceed.
>
> Warren C. E. Austin
> Toronto, Canada


That's the one folks!

Thanks to both of your for your timely response.

Warren C. E. Austin
Toronto, Canada