Disable Access to Add or Remove Programs

**topgear** · 01-02-2008, 12:45 PM

Suppose for security purpose you want to restrict other users from uninstalling any programs.

Just delete all the uninstall links of the programs from the start menu as all most all programs can be removed from control panel > add or remove programs option & then disable access to the add or remove programs itself.

So here's the hack

Start regedit by go to start > run & type in regedit and press enter.

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies

Right click on policies & create a new key by selecting new > key.

Name the new key Uninstall

Now select the newly created key ie Uninstall.

Now create a new DWORD value on the right pane of the regedit window

and name it NoAddRemovePrograms and set value to 1.

This should disable your Add or Remove Programs.

To re-enable your Add or Remove Programs just set the early created

NoAddRemovePrograms keys value to 0

N.B : I've used win xp sp2 as my os. Don't know about any other os. Please try & let me know.

01-02-2008, 02:36 PM

nice trick..!!!

but anyone can install ccleaner etc etc and he can easily uninstall programs.

Is there any way of Disabling Installing Programs in PC..???

**ico** · 01-02-2008, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vaibhavtek

nice trick..!!!

but anyone can install ccleaner etc etc and he can easily uninstall programs.

Is there any way of Disabling Installing Programs in PC..???

If you mean to say to disable windows installer........This may help you:

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\Installer
Create a new DWORD value named DisableMSI
Set it as 0 for the default settings, 1 for administrators, 2 for completely disabling...........

Or you may just simply create a Limited Account for other users. They'll not be able to install softwares.......

Thanx topgear for the trick........

01-02-2008, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gagandeep

Or you may just simply create a Limited Account for other users. They'll not be able to install softwares.......

thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by gagandeep

If you mean to say to disable windows installer........This may help you:

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\Installer
Create a new DWORD value named DisableMSI
Set it as 0 for the default settings, 1 for administrators, 2 for completely disabling...........

nope i doesnot mean that i mean installing an ordinary program in PC.
is there any way with Administrator user account as u said with limited user account.

**ico** · 01-02-2008, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vaibhavtek

nope i doesnot mean that i mean installing an ordinary program in PC.
is there any way with Administrator user account as u said with limited user account.

Windows Installer is the software used for installing ordinary programs......
If you disable access to it, softwares will not be able to install.......

For this purpose only I've posted the Registry Edit........