Vista - Hide programs in add/remove?

**panais** · 12-30-2008

Is there any way to hide installed programs in add/remove?
<<Control Panel\Programs and Features>>

**Brink** · 12-30-2008

Hello Panais,

You cannot only hide a uninstall entry, but you can remove the entry without uninstalling the program.

Programs and Features - Remove Uninstall Entry

Hope this helps,
Shawn

**coolnewyorker** · 12-30-2008

Brink, I do not see Remove Uninstall option in Home Premium 64-bit. Is it only Ultimate feature?

And is there any benefit or advantage in doing this?

**Brink** · 12-30-2008

Hi Anton,

I would use Method Two or Three to remove it if you wanted to.

Programs and Features - Remove Uninstall Entry

The only advantage of removing the uninstall entry is that you would not accidentally uninstall the program by mistake.

You could still uninstall the program though by navigating to the program's uninstall file in it's C:\Program Files folder.

I suppose another advantage is if you uninstalled the program and it is still listed there for some reason.

12-30-2008	#1 (permalink)
panais Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit 323 posts	Hide programs in add/remove? Is there any way to hide installed programs in add/remove? <<Control Panel\Programs and Features>>
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12-30-2008	#2 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,981 posts	Re: Hide programs in add/remove? Hello Panais, You cannot only hide a uninstall entry, but you can remove the entry without uninstalling the program. Programs and Features - Remove Uninstall Entry Hope this helps, Shawn
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12-30-2008	#3 (permalink)
coolnewyorker Vista Home Premium 64 bit 355 posts	Re: Hide programs in add/remove? Brink, I do not see Remove Uninstall option in Home Premium 64-bit. Is it only Ultimate feature? And is there any benefit or advantage in doing this?
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12-30-2008	#4 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,981 posts	Re: Hide programs in add/remove? Hi Anton, I would use Method Two or Three to remove it if you wanted to. Programs and Features - Remove Uninstall Entry The only advantage of removing the uninstall entry is that you would not accidentally uninstall the program by mistake. You could still uninstall the program though by navigating to the program's uninstall file in it's C:\Program Files folder. I suppose another advantage is if you uninstalled the program and it is still listed there for some reason.
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