Disable add/remove program

linardni · 04-11-2006, 04:30 PM

Is there any way Add/Remove Program may be disabled so that anyone may not add/remove any program?

kl_ravi · 04-11-2006, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by linardni

Is there any way Add/Remove Program may be disabled so that anyone may not add/remove any program?

By Disabling Add/Remove program applet from control panel, you cannot prevent user from adding programs or for that matter removing programs.

Get TweakUI & just uncheck Add/remove Programs in the control panel tab. Users still can access it by typing appwiz.cpl in the Run Dialog box

Best way is to set a group policy (By typing START> RUN> GPEDIT.MSC) for this...

PS:- Since I am in a hurry please wait for others to elaborate on this method !!!

sridatta · 04-11-2006, 04:57 PM

To disable Add/Remove Programs,

Open gpedit.msc from Start->Run

Navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs

Enable the property Remove Add or Remove Programs

Vishal Gupta · 04-11-2006, 05:06 PM

In "gpedit.msc" goto:

User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Program

In right-side pane, u can change the options acc. to ur requirements

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sridatta has also posted the same solution while I was typing it

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