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David O'Neal

I am having trouble deleting the games (pinball,
solitaire, freecell, mine sweeper) from windows 2000. I
can delete these files in system 32 dir and they keep
coming back. any assistance would be appreciated.
 
What's happening is that Windows File Protection is restoring the files
automatically, believing your system to be damaged.
The solution: don't delete the files-- uninstall them.

1. open your Control Panel
2. Add/Remove Programs
3. Add/Remove Windows Components (third selection in the left pane)
4. Find "Accessories and Utilities" (it's probably the first entry in the
list, and it's probably already selected)
5. click 'Details"
6. uncheck the "Games" option.
7. click "OK" until you're out of the wizard.

When done, the files should go away and never come back.

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In case you can't see Accessories and Utilities(I believe
Microsoft hides that from the components now), refer to
the following:

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 223182
(search for it as KB-223182 to find easier)
 
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