Removing from "Add / Remove" list

[StevePlym]

I have a number of items - mainly Windows updates - which appear in my Add /
Remove Program list and which Iwould like to delete - without removing the
software the entry relates too obviosuly!

Can someone walk me through the process? Does it involve registry editing?

Many thanks in advance.


Steve

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Steve,

The entries can be removed by editing the registry. But here is a easier
method to remove the Windows Update hotfix entries, courtesy of Alex Nichol.

<quote>

Those are there so you could *uninstall* the patches. Each corresponds
to a folder of files needed for the purpose -
Windows\$NTUninstallQnnnnnn$ for the fix described at
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;nnnnnn

If you decide you will not want to uninstall a fix (and if all is
running smoothly you probably won't) then delete the folder. If you
then try in Add/remove, to Remove that one, it will fail, and you will
be offered the option of removing the entry there

</quote>

Via the registry:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<KBnnnnnn>

Removing Invalid Entries in the Add/Remove Programs Tool:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310750

 

[StevePlym]

Ramesh, thanks for that.

Do I understand from your posting that I can remove the entries in the
Registry thus causing the corresponding entry in Add / Remove to disappear?

This seems a very simple solution to me - all that Imust be certain of is
that I delete the correct entries!

I have tried using TweakUI but that doesn't seem to work all that well.


Steve

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Steve,

Yes, you may edit the registry and remove a specific entry from Add/Remove
Programs.