Adding Optional Components to Add/Remove Programs Tool

During 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.

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

Displaying the Items After Setup Is Finished

1. In the %SystemRoot%\Inf folder on the system volume, use a text editor (such as Notepad) to open the Sysoc.inf file.
2. Locate the "old base components" line.
3. 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
4. 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.
5. Save and then close the file.

Displaying the Items During Setup

1. Copy the I386 folder to a distribution share.
2. expand the Sysoc.in_ file using the following command
   expand -r sysoc.in_
3. Edit the Sysoc.inf file using steps 2-4 above.
4. Rename the Sysoc.in_ file to Sysoc.bak.