JSI Tip 9851. Another way to hide items in the Add/Remove Programs applet of Control Panel using a batch?

In tip 5845, we added the QuietDisplayName and deleted the DisplayName Value Name to hide an item from Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs applet.

If the application was installed with Windows Installer technology, the WindowsInstaller Value Name, a REG_DWORD data type, is set to a 1. If WindowsInstaller contains a 1, you can hide the item by adding a SystemComponent Value Name, a REG_DWORD data type, and setting it to 1.

I have changed HideFromAddRemove.bat to incorporate the additional method.The syntax for using HideFromAddRemove.bat is:

HideFromAddRemove \ComputerName "ApplicationDisplayName"

where:

NOTE: HideFromAddRemove.bat uses REG.EXE on Windows 2000, from the Windows 2000 Support Tools, or REG.EXE built into Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and later.

HideFromAddRemove.bat contains:

@echo offif {%2}=={} @echo Syntax: HideFromAddRemove \ComputerName "Application Display Name"&goto :EOFsetlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSIONset computer=%1set computer=%computer:"=%set OK=Nset WI=Nset computer=%computer:=%set search=%2set search=%search:"=%set qry1=REG QUERY \%computername%HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallset fnd1="SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall"for /f "Tokens=*" %%a in ('%qry1%^|find /i %fnd1%') Do ( set appkey=\%computername%%%a call :WIset>nul 2>&1 for /f "Tokens=*" %%i in ('REG QUERY "!appkey!"^|find /i "%search%"') do set wrk1=%%i&call :p2)if "%OK%" EQU "N" @echo NOT FOUND: %computername% %search% endlocalgoto :EOF:p1set wrka=%wrk1:=%set wrka=%wrka:"=%set wrka=%wrka:&=%set wrka=%wrka:!=%set wrka=%wrka:)=%set wrka=%wrka:(=%set wrka=%wrka:#=%goto :EOF:p2call :p1set wrk3=%wrka:QuietDisplayName=%if "%wrka%" NEQ "%wrk3%" set OK=X&goto p2xset wrk3=%wrka:DisplayName=%if "%wrka%" NEQ "%wrk3%" set OK=Y:p2xif "%OK%" EQU "N" goto :EOFif "!WI!" EQU "Y" goto p3if "%OK%" EQU "X" goto :EOF@echo REG ADD "!appkey!" /v QuietDisplayName /t REG_SZ /f /d "%search%"REG ADD "!appkey!" /v QuietDisplayName /t REG_SZ /f /d "%search%"REG DELETE "!appkey!" /V DisplayName /F >nul 2