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does anyone have an idea on how to hide things in the add/remove programs thing for windows XP. say I want to hide the fact taht half-life was installed and have it disappear of the list, so no one knows that its installed and u cant uninstall it from there. I use windows xp pro
I dunno where to put this, so Ill just put in it in the lounge. :helpsmile: fast replys are appreciated, as time is running out!
*bump* (is bumping allowed?) :helpsmile:
A bump after 5 minuts? How can this help? It was already at the top of the page....
Yes it's possible to hide programs in the add/remove programs.
Guess You'll need to use the regedit for that.
Have a look there and You'll find.
BOT
huh? I dont get it, what am I suppose to look for? :helpsmile: I have only a short while left!
Plz use google next time
http://www.google.com/search?q=hide+add/re...=utf-8&oe=utf-8
;)
ok thx, I did consider google, but I couldnt think of what to type in and if it would give me accurate answers
Google inaccurate? Never! :PQuote:
Originally posted by h4mx0r@14 February 2004 - 13:59
ok thx, I did consider google, but I couldnt think of what to type in and if it would give me accurate answers
There was thread on this here around a week ago, please use the search feature. ;)
i dont think thats is possibele
But this is possible, look at the link ^Quote:
Originally posted by twister203@14 February 2004 - 19:14
i dont think thats is possibele
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go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall] in the registry and look through the programs that are installed there. if you find one that you wish to hide, right click on its key and select export to save the information. make sure you save it somewhere you can find it later and give it a name so that you will know what it is (for example, if you want to hide nero burning rom, save the reg file as "nero" so that you will know that is the key for nero) then you can delete the key and it will no longer show up there. this probably isnt the most recomended method of hiding things....but it works. just make sure you know where the backup of the keys are if you ever wish to uninstall them later and you can import the .reg files you exported back into the registry to see the items in add/remove programs again.
I wish somebody would make a simple utility that removes unwanted items from Add/Remove Programs. I have so much stuff in there, it takes forever to load the entire list - and some of them are programs I know I'll never want to uninstall.
Tweak UI
I thought they had that option in older versions, but I can't find it in XP.Quote:
Originally posted by haxor41789@14 February 2004 - 15:51
Tweak UI
I was able to do it by add/remove cleaner 1.0 btw, TWEAK UI dont work for windows XP
a lot of programs to remove things from the add/remove programs list.....
http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/12/8/
Thanks for the tip. I found this program, and even though it says it's for Win95, it seems to work fine on XP...Quote:
Originally posted by h4mx0r@14 February 2004 - 16:03
I was able to do it by add/remove cleaner 1.0 btw, TWEAK UI dont work for windows XP
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/addremovecleaner.html
how can u run out of time 4 something like this? u have porn installed u dont want ur parents 2 c :lol:Quote:
Originally posted by h4mx0r@14 February 2004 - 14:54
huh? I dont get it, what am I suppose to look for? :helpsmile: I have only a short while left!