Pinball doesn't open

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I try to play the Pinball game that comes with Windows XP, but when I open it
only the startup screen shows for a second and then it throws me off without
the game ever starting. Is there any way to reinstall this game only?
Thanks for any advice you may have.

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Ok Jimmy, I've done everything you've told me. Now Pinball shows under games
in "Add/Remove Windows Components but after trying to uninstall and reinstall
several times, it still gives me the same problem. Do you think it would
work (if legal) if another person who has Windows XP emailed me the Pinball
in a zipped folder?

"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi Richard,
>
> "Richard A." <Richard A.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message newsE1BB61F-6411-412B-9C85-84C29B4233E1@microsoft.com...
> >I try to play the Pinball game that comes with Windows XP, but when I open it
> > only the startup screen shows for a second and then it throws me off without
> > the game ever starting. Is there any way to reinstall this game only?
> > Thanks for any advice you may have.
>
> Try reinstalling Pinball on your system.
>
> 1. Choose Start / Run / Copy+Paste the next line into the RUN box and press [ENTER]:
> notepad %SystemRoot%\Inf\Sysoc.inf
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> 2. Scroll down to the line that reads: Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
> and delete the word HIDE from the line so it now reads: Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7
>
> 3. Click File / Exit and choose YES to save the changes you made to the file.
>
> 4. Reinstall Pinball now that it's on the list:
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> To add/remove Windows XP Games: Click START / Control Panel /
> Add or Remove Programs / Add Remove Windows Components /
> Accessories and Utilities / [Details...] / Games / [Details...] / then check
> (or uncheck and then recheck the game) / Click [OK] 3 times to finish.
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> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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