Modifying the Welcome Center

[Guest]

After uninstalling an application, it is stilled displayed in the welcome
center. Is there a way to remove it from the welcome center? Specifically,
If you remove McAfee from a vendor installed VISTA PC, it still appears in
the welcome center. Is there a way to remove it from the welcome center?
SkM MCP

 

[Richard Urban]

I ran into the same problem.

I installed CCleaner (which works in Vista fine). I use it to clean up any
"issues" by clicking on the issues button. After 2-3 reboots and cleans
McAfee was gone.

BTW, McAfee was also showing up in the Security Center after it had been
removed. It is as hard to get rid of as anything Norton/Symantec is.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[jamesfinnigan]

I ran into the same problem.

I installed CCleaner (which works inVistafine). I use it to clean up any
"issues" by clicking on the issues button. After 2-3 reboots and cleans
McAfee was gone.

BTW, McAfee was also showing up in the Security Center after it had been
removed. It is as hard to get rid of as anything Norton/Symantec is.

--

Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!






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Welcome center OEM offers are driven by an xml file - you can delete
the task associated with McAfee by modifying the oobe.xml file under
%SystemRoot%\system32\oobe\info, but you should consider editing that
file to be like editing the registry.

HTH,
James Finnigan [MS]

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help, I will try this on my RC1 machine prior to attempting it
on a live machine. Didn't know CCleaner ran on Vista, so I'll give that a
shot first. Then I will gently poke around in the oobe.xml file. Thats
why I still have RC1 running, to poke around where the faint of heart should
not go!
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SkM MCP

I ran into the same problem.

I installed CCleaner (which works inVistafine). I use it to clean up any
"issues" by clicking on the issues button. After 2-3 reboots and cleans
McAfee was gone.

BTW, McAfee was also showing up in the Security Center after it had been
removed. It is as hard to get rid of as anything Norton/Symantec is.

--

Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!






- Show quoted text -

Welcome center OEM offers are driven by an xml file - you can delete
the task associated with McAfee by modifying the oobe.xml file under
%SystemRoot%\system32\oobe\info, but you should consider editing that
file to be like editing the registry.

HTH,
James Finnigan [MS]