How to uninstall/reinstall Wordpad

A neat trick to reveal hidden Windows components

1. Start
2. Run
3. %SystemRoot%\Inf\sysoc.inf, and press OK
4. In the Notepad that opens up, remove HIDE from:
   MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,HIDE,7
   so that it looks like this:
   MSWordPad=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wordpad.inf,,7
5. Save
6. Close Notepad
7. Start
8. Control Panel
9. Add Remove Programs
10. Add Remove Windows Components (on the left side)
11. Highlight Accessories and Utilities, click Details
12. Highlight Accessories, click Details
13. Scroll down to Wordpad and uncheck it
14. Click OK

When done, do steps 10-14 again, but this time check it so that it installs. Have your windows disk handy.

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