How can I uninstall or delete Windows XP Sp3 Games using C# or free XP tools?

I am actually able to delete the files, but the system restores them almost immediately. I have been unsuccessful in using sysocmgr.exe to remove games from systems and would like to do it via code (I can get sysocmgr.exe to run and remove the games if I run it manually, but it does not work for me in a login script - it gets exec开发者_JS百科uted and just sits there. If I do a shutdown, the files do not get removed, but if I open task manager and end the task, the files get removed)...

My uninstall batch file looks like:

copy sysoc.txt "%windir%\temp\sysoc.txt" /y
sysocmgr /i:"%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf" /u:"%windir%\temp\sysoc.txt" /q /r

sysoc.txt looks like:

[Components]
pinball = off
Solitaire = off
freecell = off
hearts = off
minesweeper = off
spider = off
zonegames = off

anyone have any suggestions???

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You can try using PowerShell script to remove programs (not sure if you can remove XP Games as they are part of Windows Components but worth a shot): How can I uninstall an application using PowerShell?

Also, found this tool that talks about removing games: http://www.systemtools.com/board/Forum8/HTML/000065.html

Also, note that logon scripts run in the security context of the logged in user, so if they are not Admins this is almost certain to fail. A startup script might be more successful.

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This is how I got it to work (this is being executed as "SYSTEM"):

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace XPGameRemoval
{
    static class Program
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            string WinDir = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("WinDir");
            FileStream cStream = new FileStream(
                WinDir + "\\Temp\\SysOC.txt", 
                FileMode.Create, 
                FileAccess.ReadWrite, 
                FileShare.ReadWrite);
            StreamWriter cWriter = new StreamWriter(cStream);
            cWriter.WriteLine("[Components]");
            cWriter.WriteLine("pinball = off");
            cWriter.WriteLine("Solitaire = off");
            cWriter.WriteLine("freecell = off");
            cWriter.WriteLine("hearts = off");
            cWriter.WriteLine("minesweeper = off");
            cWriter.WriteLine("spider = off");
            cWriter.WriteLine("zonegames = off");
            cWriter.Close();
            cStream.Close();
            Process P = Process.Start(WinDir+"\\System32\\SysOCMgr.exe","/i:\""+WinDir+"\\Inf\\SysOC.Inf\" /u:\""+WinDir+"\\Temp\\SysOC.txt\" /q /r");
            int Timeout = 15;
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
            while (File.Exists(WinDir+"\\System32\\SOL.EXE") && Timeout>0 && !P.HasExited)
            {
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(59000);  // wait a little under 15 minutes
                Timeout--;
            }
            if (!P.HasExited)
                P.Kill();
            if (P.ExitCode != 0) // SysOCMgr errored out, return error
                Environment.Exit(P.ExitCode);
            if (File.Exists(WinDir + "\\System32\\SOL.EXE")) // something went wrong, return generic error...
                Environment.Exit(80);
        }
    }
}