Hide software from add/remove prgrams

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(imported topic written by edwinho91)

Hi,

I’m currently encountering some problem trying to hide Lotus Note from the add/remove program.

My custom fixlet as such for Hide:

regset “” “RemovedDisplayName”="{value “DisplayName” of key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall%7b5B5B3D92-A765-4AD5-9752-30BA2C71C314%7d” of registry}"

regdelete “” “DisplayName”

and my unhide fixlet as such:

regset “” “DisplayName”="{if (exists value “RemovedDisplayName” whose (not (it as string = “”)) of key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall%7b5B5B3D92-A765-4AD5-9752-30BA2C71C314%7d” of registry) then (value “RemovedDisplayName” of key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall%7b5B5B3D92-A765-4AD5-9752-30BA2C71C314%7d” of registry as string) else (“Lotus Notes 6.5.1”)}"

Bascially I copy the “hide/unhide BES Client from add/remove program” to create this.

The problem i encounter is that though i have successfully apply this fixlet, it doesn’t hide the lotus note from the add/remove program, i have checked from the registry, it remove off the display name.

So, would like some suggestions and help on ow to counter this problem …

Thanks a lot.

Edwin

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Hey Edwin,

Can you make the entry disappear if you manually delete the registry value?

Ben

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(imported comment written by edwinho91)

mmm…by using manually, the program will still appear on the add/remove program there, so could it be that some software are unable to be hidden, even though we uses the same fixlet command ???

Thanks again for the guidence.

Edwin

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Yea… I tried this on a few other applications and some seemed to not hide properly… I am not sure why… maybe try and restart the computer and see if it helps?

Ben

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(imported comment written by Yungkie_Gunawan91)

Dear Edwin,

Please try to find at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products, sometimes some application using this key beside HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Regards

Yungkie

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(imported comment written by sthull)

Yeah, I think Yungkie is on the right track. You may notice that we have a different fixlet to hide an MSI-installed client that updates the keys he mentioned. You can use that as a starting point.

Regards,

Steve

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(imported comment written by Bmsancio91)

I seem to be having a similar issue but I did change the Fixlet to use HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products

regset "

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\FC61C6F3996DF2D49882B649EC23DC40

" “RemovedProductName”="{value “ProductName” of key “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\FC61C6F3996DF2D49882B649EC23DC40” of registry}"

regdelete "

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\FC61C6F3996DF2D49882B649EC23DC40

" “ProductName”

The tasks completes successfully but it does not remove the Bes Client from the Add\Remove List… Any input?

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(imported comment written by jessewk)

You need to remove the “DisplayName” key from HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall<product>\

AND

You need to remove the “ProductName” key from HKCR\Installer\Products<product>\

Attached in an example from the AntiPest site. It’s designed to work with a corresponding ‘Show’ task that undoes the hide.