Right click on the start button and you will find a range of useful utilities.
Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -----Original Message----- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 8:33 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Used to know how, but I forgot. Help? Harry, Thanks. OK. I get the 'type in....'. Where? My currently useless 'START' button in W8.1 does not ever show me a 'Runwindowwith a 'browse' option. I will play much more. Still grappling with W8.1pro. More questions to followI am sure. Know this. My OB was impressed with a share yousent before. OB may contact you direct. Please treat him as another 'Joe Public.'He is strange kind of 'joiner.' Maybe this year he may join the HWG Group. ................I can only hope. Best, Duncan On 07/28/2014 04:09, Harry McGregor wrote: > The name has changed, but it's still appwiz.cpl. > > Click on the "start" button, and type in appwiz.cpl and you will get the > right utility. > > -Harry > > On 7/28/14, 1:08 AM, DSinc wrote: >> Thane, >> Thanks for the suggestion, however Add/Remove Programs/Add Windows >> Component no longer appears in >> Windows 7pro (32bit). I do recall this share from W2K and XP. >> The good news is that Install must have copied and hidden all the >> default 'games' to my c:\windows area. I did >> some peek/poke in the control panel and did find a tool that opened a >> list of stuff that allowed me to put a tick mark >> for 'Games.' Sure enough, I now have them active and available once >> again................................... :) >> Once I have morning coffee working, I will check out my 2 Win8.1pro >> machines! >> Best, >> Duncan >> >> On 07/27/2014 20:15, Thane Sherrington wrote: >>> At 03:05 PM 26/07/2014, DSinc wrote: >>>> Years ago, I recall a process/task/way to get M$ to lift its' 'GAMES >>>> Directoy' on the DVD back to my >>>> harddrive and stitch it into the new local drive's glop post install. >>>> Thank you for any help you can share. >>> Hi Duncan, >>> Go to Add/Remove Programs and add Windows component. >>> >>> T