How to delete hidden components of Windows XP

For the sake of system security, Windows XP may hide many components. Even if you do not use these application components, You cannot delete them from the system. The following method allows you to delete the hidden components of Windows XP.

Step 1: Display System folders and files

Because Windows XP hides system files by default, and thus does not see them in the "Windows Resource Manager" window, we need to make these system files "original form", the operation steps are as follows: open the resource manager window. In the "Tools" menu, click the "Folder Options" command. The "Folder Options" dialog box is displayed, and click the "View" tab, select the "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)" check box, select the "show all text and folder" check box, and click "OK.

Step 2: edit the SySOC. inf file

The previous step is actually to prepare for modifying the Windows XP system file, because it is the file that hides some Windows XP components. However, you only need to delete all the "hide" strings in the file to make these hidden components appear. First, in the "Windows Resource Manager" window, open the sub-folder (such as C: Windowsinf) in the system folder where Windows XP is located, and find Sysoc in this folder. inf file and open it. In the displayed window, click the "replace" command in the "edit" menu. The "replace" dialog box is displayed. In the "Search for content" dialog box, type "hide ", confirm that the content in the "Replace with" box is blank and click "replace all". In fact, this is to delete all "hide" in the file." String. Finally, click "Save and exit" in the "file" menu.

Step 3: delete unnecessary Windows groups

After deleting all the "hide" strings in the "Sysoc. inf" file, go to the "Windows component wizard" dialog box and check whether there are more components than the original one. Now you can delete unnecessary components.