Morning all, Is anyone aware of a method or hack in XP that will allow the uninstall task to be added to the right click menu of program shortcuts, such that you can call up the uninstall routine on a program by simply right clicking on it's desktop icon and selecting uninstall. StopBadware

This would be great but I doubt it's even possible .. based on my understanding of the way the right-click context menu management goes. One of the many reasons is that because the software developers programmed their own uninstallation route, it will be impossible for Windows to keep abreast of every unique routes. i_XpUser

I am not a programmer, made obvious from this post. I was thinking along the lines of somehow linking the uninstall executable via the program's properties, since you can call up the target folder from there. StopBadware

Create a shortcut to the uninstall executable would be my recommendation. Soylent Green is PEOPLE!!!

Hi Jennifer SUMN, Unfortunately that would require creating a whole gob of icons (all installed programs on the desktop) and that is something I'd like to avoid. I'm going to leave the idea for now. Thanks people. StopBadware

Hey Saber - when and if you do find the perfect solution, please let me know. I'd rather use it in lieu of the clutter of shortcuts. i_XpUser

I suppose the reason you want to use the right-click option is because the add/remove programs dialog is too slow. There are alternatives which you can download and they are either freeware/shareware that do a better job. The only problem with those is that they must be installed before the other applications to work. They do a pretty good job too because instead of relying on the uninstall program logs, they infact log the installer with all it's registry and file entries. It may be possible to add an extension to the menu of shortcuts but that will entail that you create an entry for each shortcut because some uninstalls use switches and as mentioned above not all reside were the program is installed. It may also be hard because I don't think you can actually create different menu extensions for the same file type (shortcuts are all .lnk). While I have never tried you may want to look at context menu editors or context menu extensions (they go by either name). Truth can become lie, but if lies become truth we're in trouble.