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Solve the "add and delete programs" hidden problem

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Solve the "add and delete programs" hidden problem

Find the sysoc. inf file in C:/Windows/INF and open it in Notepad. The file displays a list of the currently installed programs. We used MSN Messenger to conduct an experiment and found the sentence "MSMSGS = msgrocm. DLL, ocentry, MSMSGS. INF, hide, 7 ", where" MSMSGS "is the entry name of MSN Messenger. The" hide "parameter controls whether the program is displayed in" Add/delete programs, we only need to delete it and change it to "MSMSGS = msgrocm. DLL, ocentry, MSMSGS. INF, 7 ", then restart the computer, and go to" Add/delete programs "again to see MSN Messenger.
Based on this principle, you can delete all the "hide" contained in the sysoc. inf file, so that all the hidden components will be displayed in "Add/delete programs.

In the control panel, the "Add/delete programs" item is the most thorough place for us to uninstall a program. However, in many cases, to prevent programs installed by others from being uninstalled, we hope that some installed programs will not be displayed in "Add/delete programs, you can also hide some options in "Add/delete programs" to prevent uninstallation.

Hide "Add/Delete" Programs

Click Open Run in the "Start" menu, enter Regedit to start the Registry Editor, select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/uninstall in sequence, and right-click the uninstall item, in the pop-up menu, select "Export" (figure 1) to back up the registration option of this branch as a reg file for recovery when the modification fails, so that we have no worries.

There are many sub-items under Uninstall in the registry. After careful observation, we can find that each sub-item corresponds to an installed program, if you want to simplify it, select it and right-click it. In the pop-up menu, select the DELETE command to delete it.

If you do not want to delete all the sub-items of a program, you can also select the sub-item and find the "displayname" item in the key value on the right of the sub-item, right-click the menu and select "RENAME", and enter the new name "quietdisplayname. In this way, it is easy to restore the hidden program. You only need to select the modified name, right-click again, select "RENAME", and enter the original key value name (2 ).

Hide the "Add/delete programs" option

If you not only want to hide a program, but do not even want others to operate on their own "Add/delete programs", then we can hide the options, however, you need to use Windows 2000 or later.

Open the "run" dialog box and enter "gpedit. MSC open the Group Policy Editor and choose "user configuration"> "management template"> "Control Panel"> "Add/delete programs ", in this way, we will see a lot of control commands on the right side about hiding the options in the "Add/delete programs" window. However, these commands are not configured by default, that is, they do not play a role. In this case, let's try it. For example, double-click "hide changes or delete programs" to open its Properties window and set it to "enabled" on the "Settings" tab ", click "save" at the bottom to return.

You don't have to restart your computer. Go directly to the control panel and open the "Add/delete programs" item. How can I "change or delete programs!

With the above two moves, we believe that you can keep your "Add/delete programs" in a steady manner, so that others can no longer intervene!