Add/Remove

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Jim Hawkins

How do I remove items from the Add/Remove menu. Actually...I would rather
just *hide* the items and be able to get them back later in case I would
need them. (For example -- there are a ton of things added by Windows
Update that just clutter it up -- I'd like to clean that out.)


Thanks
 
Jim Hawkins cogitated deeply and scribbled thusly:
How do I remove items from the Add/Remove menu. Actually...I would rather
just *hide* the items and be able to get them back later in case I would
need them. (For example -- there are a ton of things added by Windows
Update that just clutter it up -- I'd like to clean that out.)


Thanks
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You can use Tweakui to remove items from Add/Remove, but I think if you
do that it's final. You can't put them back.
 
GSV Three Minds in a Can cogitated deeply and scribbled thusly:
I don't think that works anymore with XP (and the XP version of
TweakUIXP doesn't even offer it).
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thanks for the correction!
 
rifleman said:
You can use Tweakui to remove items from Add/Remove, but I think if you
do that it's final. You can't put them back.
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Not in XP you can't!

Best bet is to use regedit.exe
The Uninstall items are each a subkey of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Highlight that, take File - Export (then reimporting will put things all
back) and delete subkeys selectively
 
How do I remove items from the Add/Remove menu. Actually...I would rather
just *hide* the items and be able to get them back later in case I would
need them. (For example -- there are a ton of things added by Windows
Update that just clutter it up -- I'd like to clean that out.)


Thanks
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Backup the compressed $NTUnInstallQ...$ folders in C:\Windows to CD
and backup the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Uninstall key. Then delete the $NT... folders and double click
the entries in Add/Remove to remove them!

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/
 
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