Windows XP not able to open add/remove windows components

[sangeethasri]

not able to open add/remove windows components in control panel. error is
" setup unable to openinformation file query setupqry.inf.the specific error codeis 0x2 at line 2088999411"
please tell a solution."
thank you.

 

[pcs365.10]

Hi sangeethasri,

First try appwiz.cpl in Run box if this doesn't work then try

Start>Run>type in:C:\Windows\inf\sysoc.inf>ok
or,you can get it under
C:\Windows\INF
now Open the Sysoc.inf file by double clicking on it, or,you can do this
using Notepad.
There the items that have the word "HIDE" or "hide" in them are not
displayed on the Add/Remove Programs list.
Remove the "hide" text, leaving the commas.
Reboot your computer.
Now that component will then be viewable from Add\Remove programs.
You can choose to uninstall and reinstall the component as needed.

Regards
chris

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