Computer and Software Support


Add/Remove optional features 

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Add and remove programs does not allow you to add or remove all applications by default. Some are hidden. If you would like access to the applications that is hidden, you can change add and remove programs to show all programs (or the ones you want to show) To do this, do the following

NOTE: This involves modifying a file. This should not cause harm to your system but when you are modifying a file, there is always a possibility of something going wrong. Therefore it is always a good policy to back up data before modifying a file. Use at your own risk. UpgradeNRepair is not responsible for any problems or loss of data.

  1. Right click on Start
  2. Click Explore
  3. If My Computer has a (+) plus next to it, Double-click on My Computer (This will let you see the contents of My Computer)
  4. If My Computer has a (-) minus skip to step 5
  5. If Local Disk (C:) has a (+) plus next to it, Double-click on Local Disk (C:) (This will let you see the contents of My Computer)
  6. If Local Disk (C:) has a (-) minus skip to step 7
  7. If Windows has a (+) plus next to it, Double-click on Windows (This will let you see the contents of My Computer)
  8. If Windows has a (-) minus skip to step 9
  9. If INF has a (+) plus next to it, Double-click on INF (This will let you see the contents of My Computer) (You may get a warning about this folder, if you do, click on the link to view the folder)
  10. If INF has a (-) minus skip to step 11
  11. Double-click the file syscoc.inf
  12. The contents should open up in Notepad and should like similar to Figure A below
  13. The items that are not listed in add/remove programs have ",hide" listed
  14. To have those items listed, change ",hide" to ",,"
  15. For example, com is hidden by default. and in the syscoc.inf it is written as "com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7"
  16. To list com, change "com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7" to "com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,,7"

 


 

[Version]
Signature = "$Windows NT$"
DriverVer=07/01/2001,5.1.2535.0

[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7
Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7
Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7
NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7
com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7
dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7
IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7
TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2
msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6
ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7
fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions ,fp40ext.inf ,,7
 msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
WMAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wmaccess.inf,,7
RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7
IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7
OEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,oeaccess.inf,,7

WMPOCM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wmpocm.inf,,7



Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,,7
CommApps=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,communic.inf,HIDE,7
MultiM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,multimed.inf,HIDE,7
AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7
Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7
ZoneGames=zoneoc.dll,ZoneSetupProc,igames.inf,,7



TabletPC=tabletoc.dll,TabletSetupProc,Tabletpc.inf,HIDE,7



Freestyle=medctroc.dll,MedCtrOCISetupProc, medctroc.inf,HIDE,7
SonicDVDandCDBurning=ehOCGen.dll,OcEntry,sonic.inf,,7
WinPlus=plusoc.dll,OcEntry,plusoc.inf,,7



netfx=netfxocm.dll,UrtOcmProc,netfxocm.inf,hide,7



[Global]
WindowTitle=%WindowTitle%
WindowTitle.StandAlone="*"

Figure A