Uninstalling accessories 1

[markdeserio]

How do you uninstall accessories like solitaire, minesweeper and calculator? This can be done on win 2000 server in add\remove programs but not in win 2000 pro.

Thank you.

 

[french01]

These items are hidden from the Add/Remove Windows Components list by default. Here is how MS describe to unhide them so you can selct for uninstall.

In the %SystemRoot%\Inf folder on the system volume, use a text editor (such as Notepad) to open the Sysoc.inf file.


Locate the "old base components" line.


For each component you want to appear in the Add/Remove Programs tool, remove the "Hide" comment. For example, change
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
to:
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7



Also remove the "HIDE" option from the "AccessUtil=" line. If you leave this option hidden, then none of the other components in the "old base components" section are available in Add/Remove Programs.


Save and then close the file.

Go to Control Panel and remove in the normal way.

-Hugh

 

[markdeserio]

Hugh, thank you for your help. I tried searching Microsoft's knownledge base about this topic and found nothing.
Thanks again.

 

[safraser]

I found extacly what you are looking for in the MS knowledge base yesterday
Have a look for article Q223182
But Hugh did say pretty much the same thing