Hide/show installed appz in add/remove programmes

The Add/Remove Programs list is populated from the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall

Under the Uninstall key, there will be several sub-keys, each representing a software program that you installed. The following example shows how to hide the AnalogX Proxy entry from Add/Remove Programs listing:


Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
Navigate to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall \ AnalogX Proxy

In the right-pane, right-click the DisplayName value and choose Rename
Rename it to anything (For example, NoDisplayName )
The AnalogX Proxy entry is now hidden. To make it visible again, rename the value back to DisplayName