UnHiding Games components in add/ remove components

[Mark]

I have an image that had the games option removed from the
add/ remove WIN components options but they forgot to
remove the games first.

Is there a hack to add the option back (so I can remove
the games and then reset the options as they were)

or

Is there a hack to remove the games so they stay removed
(since WIN2K and XP recreates them if they get deleted).

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Mark V]

Mark wrote in

I have an image that had the games option removed from the
add/ remove WIN components options but they forgot to
remove the games first.

Is there a hack to add the option back (so I can remove
the games and then reset the options as they were)

or

Is there a hack to remove the games so they stay removed
(since WIN2K and XP recreates them if they get deleted).

Unclear. But look at SYSOC.INF at any lines with ",hide," in them to
get started perhaps. If you remove the "hide" then Uninstall should be
visible in Add/Remove.

 

[Mark V]

Mark wrote in

I have an image that had the games option removed from the
add/ remove WIN components options but they forgot to
remove the games first.

Is there a hack to add the option back (so I can remove
the games and then reset the options as they were)

or

Is there a hack to remove the games so they stay removed
(since WIN2K and XP recreates them if they get deleted).

Unclear. But look at SYSOC.INF at any lines with ",hide," in them to
get started perhaps. If you remove the "hide" then Uninstall should be
visible in Add/Remove.

 

[JeffO]

To un-hide it, you need to edit the file
C:\WINNT\inf\sysoc.inf. Look for the two lines:

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

Cut out the word "HIDE" in each line, save but don't
close the file, uninstall games from Add/Remove Programs,
paste "HIDE" back into sysoc.inf (so it can't be re-
installed by the user), save, and close.

 

[JeffO]

To un-hide it, you need to edit the file
C:\WINNT\inf\sysoc.inf. Look for the two lines:

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

Cut out the word "HIDE" in each line, save but don't
close the file, uninstall games from Add/Remove Programs,
paste "HIDE" back into sysoc.inf (so it can't be re-
installed by the user), save, and close.

 

[Mark]

Thank you.

-Mark

-----Original Message-----
To un-hide it, you need to edit the file
C:\WINNT\inf\sysoc.inf. Look for the two lines:

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

Cut out the word "HIDE" in each line, save but don't
close the file, uninstall games from Add/Remove Programs,
paste "HIDE" back into sysoc.inf (so it can't be re-
installed by the user), save, and close.

.

 

[Mark]

Thank you.

-Mark

-----Original Message-----
To un-hide it, you need to edit the file
C:\WINNT\inf\sysoc.inf. Look for the two lines:

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

Cut out the word "HIDE" in each line, save but don't
close the file, uninstall games from Add/Remove Programs,
paste "HIDE" back into sysoc.inf (so it can't be re-
installed by the user), save, and close.

.