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Hide programs from Add/remove programs
Name: Vasilis Date: December 10, 2001 at 07:50:04 Pacific
Comment:
I don't want someone to see which programs are instaled. I want to hide them from add/remove programs. any ideas ?
Name: The_Tic Date: December 10, 2001 at 08:50:27 Pacific
Reply:
The only thing that I can think that you can do is to remove the add/remove programs from the control panel. Go to START then RUN and then type in control.ini When you get there put appwiz.cpl=no under the [don't load] section of the window. Then click file and then click save...close the window and add\remove programs is no longer in the control panel. No one will see what is in there until you delet the appwiz.cpl=no out of the control.ini
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Response Number 2
Name: tinkerbong Date: December 10, 2001 at 19:10:20 Pacific
Reply:
TweakUI will hide items on the add/remove list, but that will only fool the newbies, the installed programs are usually listed in their folders in C:\program files\ ,visible using explorer or my computer.
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