Below are the contents of the file Pinball.inf. Save the contents to
Notepad, as Pinball.inf and move the file to %Windir%\Inf folder.
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; Copyright (c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation
;
; Pinball
;
; 1/11/96 Davepl Created
; 2/11/96 Stevowen Modified
[version]
signature="$Windows NT$"
ClassGUID={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
LayoutFile=layout.inf
;Destination Directories for CopyFiles Sections
[DestinationDirs]
BaseCopyProgramFiles = 16422,%INSTALL_DIR% ;DIRID_PROGRAM_FILES
PinballDeleteFiles = 16422,%INSTALL_DIR% ;DIRID_PROGRAM_FILES
PinballCopyFilesHelp = 18 ;LDID_HELP
[BaseWinOptions]
BaseSection
[Optional Components]
Pinball
[Pinball]
OptionDesc = %PINBALL_Desc%
Tip = %PINBALL_TIP%
IconIndex = 64 ;Windows mini-icon for dialogs
Parent = Games
CopyFiles = BaseCopyProgramFiles, PinballCopyFilesHelp
AddReg = Pinball.AddReg
DelFiles = PinballDeleteFiles
ProfileItems = PinballUninstallItems,PinballInstallItems
Uninstall = PINBALL.Remove
Modes = 0,1,2,3
SizeApproximation =2756608
[PINBALL.Remove]
DelReg = PINBALL.DelPath
DelFiles = BaseCopyProgramFiles, PinballCopyFilesHelp,
PinballDeleteFiles
ProfileItems = PinballUninstallItems, PinballUninstallCommonItems
[PinballInstallItems]
Name = %Pinball_DESC%
CmdLine = 16422,%INSTALL_DIR%,pinball.exe
SubDir = %GAMES_DESC%
WorkingDir = 16422, %INSTALL_DIR%
InfoTip = "@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22569"
DisplayResource="%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll",22057
[PinballUninstallItems]
Name = %Pinball_DESC%,0x00000003
Subdir = %GAMES_DESC%
[PinballUninstallCommonItems]
Name = %Pinball_DESC%,0x00000002
Subdir = %GAMES_DESC%
[Pinball.AddReg]
HKLM,"%KEY_APP_PATH%\pinball.exe",,,"%16422%\%INSTALL_DIR%\pinball.exe"
HKLM,"%KEY_APP_PATH%\pinball.exe",Path,,"%16422%\%INSTALL_DIR%"
[PINBALL.DelPath]
HKLM,"%KEY_APP_PATH%\pinball.exe"
[BaseCopyProgramFiles]
FONT.DAT
PINBALL.DAT
PINBALL.EXE
PINBALL.MID
PINBALL2.MID
SOUND1.WAV
SOUND104.WAV
SOUND105.WAV
SOUND108.WAV
SOUND111.WAV
SOUND112.WAV
SOUND12.WAV
SOUND13.WAV
SOUND131.WAV
SOUND136.WAV
SOUND14.WAV
SOUND16.WAV
SOUND17.WAV
SOUND18.WAV
SOUND181.WAV
SOUND19.WAV
SOUND20.WAV
SOUND21.WAV
SOUND22.WAV
SOUND24.WAV
SOUND240.WAV
SOUND243.WAV
SOUND25.WAV
SOUND26.WAV
SOUND27.WAV
SOUND28.WAV
SOUND29.WAV
SOUND3.WAV
SOUND30.WAV
SOUND34.WAV
SOUND35.WAV
SOUND36.WAV
SOUND38.WAV
SOUND39.WAV
SOUND4.WAV
SOUND42.WAV
SOUND43.WAV
SOUND45.WAV
SOUND49.WAV
SOUND49D.WAV
SOUND5.WAV
SOUND50.WAV
SOUND528.WAV
SOUND53.WAV
SOUND54.WAV
SOUND55.WAV
SOUND560.WAV
SOUND563.WAV
SOUND57.WAV
SOUND58.WAV
SOUND6.WAV
SOUND65.WAV
SOUND68.WAV
SOUND7.WAV
SOUND713.WAV
SOUND735.WAV
SOUND8.WAV
SOUND827.WAV
SOUND9.WAV
SOUND999.WAV
table.bmp
wavemix.inf
[BaseCopyProgramFiles.Security]
"D
(A;;GRGX;;;BU)(A;;GA;;;BA)(A;;GA;;;SY)"
[PinballDeleteFiles]
pinball.cnt
pinball.hlp
[PinballCopyFilesHelp]
pinball.chm
pinball.hlp
[PinballCopyFilesHelp.Security]
"D
(A;;GRGX;;;BU)(A;;GA;;;BA)(A;;GA;;;SY)"
[Strings]
KEY_APP_PATH = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths"
GAMES_DESC = "Games"
PINBALL_Desc = "Pinball"
PINBALL_TIP = "3-D arcade pinball game."
Pinball_Infotip = "Begins a game of 3-D Pinball."
INSTALL_DIR = "Windows NT\Pinball"
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
So, I got tired of seeing Pinball installed on both my systems which
Windows XP with SP2 never gave me the choice of installing or not and which
doesn't show up in Add/Remove Programs or its subset Add/Remove Windows
Components. I think Pinball was added in when I installed SP2 but I'm not
sure?
Anyway I did something about it and am now in trouble for it. After a
little bit of deleting Pinball folder content and Registry work Pinball is
gone but so is Add/Remove Windows Components--at least it cannot run and
construct my Windows Components list...because it cannot find "pinball.inf"
in the \Program Files\Windows NT\ directory.
BTW, the folder itself cannot be deleted. I wonder why... Well, hey...
Is there any way of fixing this? Do I really have to have the folder
Pinball and its Pinball.inf file present for Add/Remove Windows Components
to work?
Thanks for any help straightening this out.
Billie
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