Adding Optional Components to Add/Remove Programs Tool

ID: Q223182

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

SUMMARY

During Windows 2000 Setup, the following components are installed by default:

Games

Accessories (Calculator, Clock, and so on)

Multimedia

Accessibility options

These items also do not appear in the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel after Setup is finished. This article describes how to cause these items to be displayed during Setup or in the Add/Remove Programs tool after Setup is finished.

MORE INFORMATION

NOTE: Microsoft does not support the editing or modifying of .inf files included on the Windows 2000 CD-ROM or distribution server. This information is provided only as a convenience and is not supported.

Displaying the Items After Setup Is Finished

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 comma and "Hide" comment. For example, change
Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDDEN,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.

Displaying the Items During Setup

Copy the I386 folder to a distribution share.

expand the Sysoc.in_ file using the following command
expand -r sysoc.in_

Edit the Sysoc.inf file using steps 2-4 above.

Rename the Sysoc.in_ file to Sysoc.bak.

Additional query words: OCM FAX optional

Keywords : kbsetup
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto