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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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