Minesweeper

[Dan Still]

Where is minesweeper in Windows XP Home? I can't find
it. So far, I know this from the Help and Support Center:

How to Add or Remove Games in Windows XP:

1. With the Windows XP CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, click
Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
4. In the Windows Components Wizard, click Accessories
and Utilities (the words, not the check box), and then
click Details.
5. Use the appropriate method:
- If the Games check box is not checked...
- If the Games check box is checked...

By default, Windows XP includes FreeCell, Hearts,
Minesweeper, Pinball, Solitaire, and Spider Solitaire.

***HERE'S MY PROBLEM: There is no Games check box in #5
above! Where is it? How can I add it if it's not there?

Thanks, Dan

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Dan,

If you clicked the Details... button after selecting "Accessories and Utilities", then...
1. Choose Start / Run / Copy+Paste the next line into the RUN box and press [ENTER]:
notepad %SystemRoot%\Inf\Sysoc.inf

2. Scroll down until you find the line that reads: Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
and delete the HIDE from the line so it now reads: Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7

2b. Scroll down to the line that reads: Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
and delete the word HIDE from the line so it now reads: Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7

3. Click File / Exit and choose YES to save the changes you made to the file.

4. Click Start / Settings / Control Panel / Add-Remove Programs and follow the
instructions you posted in the first post to reinstall Games now that they're listed.

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
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| Where is minesweeper in Windows XP Home? I can't find
| it. So far, I know this from the Help and Support Center:
|
| How to Add or Remove Games in Windows XP:
|
| 1. With the Windows XP CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, click
| Start, and then click Control Panel.
| 2. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
| 3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
| 4. In the Windows Components Wizard, click Accessories
| and Utilities (the words, not the check box), and then
| click Details.
| 5. Use the appropriate method:
| - If the Games check box is not checked...
| - If the Games check box is checked...
|
| By default, Windows XP includes FreeCell, Hearts,
| Minesweeper, Pinball, Solitaire, and Spider Solitaire.
|
| ***HERE'S MY PROBLEM: There is no Games check box in #5
| above! Where is it? How can I add it if it's not there?
|
| Thanks, Dan
|