Windows Add or Remove Programs Settings

When a Windows Installer-enabled software package, such as Microsoft Office, is installed on an agent computer, it is normally added to the list of applications that can be managed by the Add or Remove Programs applet of Windows Control Panel.

HPCA enables you to not list an application in the Add or Remove Programs applet of Windows Control Panel. This prevents the end user from interfering with HPCA products’ centralized management of the application. Alternatively, HPCA also enables you to selectively hide individual features from access by the Add or Remove Programs applet.

To prevent an Application’s listing in Add or Remove Programs applet:

  1. Use HPCA Administrator CSDB Editor to change the setting of the SHOWINCP variable of the MSI class instance for the DATA1.MSI file that is connected to the Application Packages Class instance:
  2. Change the value of the SHOWINCP variable to N.


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