Does anyone know of a way to alter the registry temporarily such that an installed program does not show up on the add/remove programs list in control panel? The program does not have to be operable while the program is being hidden but I don't want to have to uninstall the program.
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Gotta question about hiding installed programs
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All the stuff listed in "Add/Remove Programs" is stored under:
Delete the key from there and it won't show on the list. Note that this does not remove or uninstall the program, it just takes it off the list.
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HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UninstallDelete the key from there and it won't show on the list. Note that this does not remove or uninstall the program, it just takes it off the list.
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