Controlling What Shows Up in Add/Remove Programs

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Rod_Maupin

It is very straightforward to control what buttons appear in your Application's listing in Add/Remove Programs.

For InstallScript projects, go to the Installation Information section, General Information view, Add or Remove Programs property sheet, and you will see two properties that apply here, Disable Change Button and Disable Remove Button.  Setting these to Yes or No controls whether the buttons are not displayed or displayed in Add/Remove Programs.

For Basic MSI projects, go to the Installation Information section, General Information view, Add or Remove Programs property sheet, and you will see three properties for the buttons.  Disable Change Button, Disable Repair Button, and Disable Remove Button.  Again, setting these to Yes or No controls whether the buttons are not displayed or displayed in Add/Remove Programs.

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5 Comments

  1. kk

    on 11th Mar, 11 11:03am

    How do I do this in Instascript Devstudio 9 ?

  2. Rod_Maupin

    on 12th Mar, 11 12:03pm

    Hi KK,

    Thanks for the comment.

    I have not used Devstudio 9 or any version of Devstudio. Sorry I can’t help you with this one.

    Rod

  3. kk

    on 15th Mar, 11 10:03am

    My question is can I do this in an Installscript project?

  4. kk

    on 15th Mar, 11 10:03am

    I mean can I do this in just the Installscript project not the Basic MSI or the Installscript MSI project? Because when I open an Installscript project I cannot see the Add or Remove propert sheet under General Information whereas I could see it in Basic MSI and Installscript MSI project. So I wanted to clarify if I could do it in Installscript project or if you know any workaround to do this in an installscript project?

  5. Rod_Maupin

    on 15th Mar, 11 10:03am

    Hi kk,

    Thanks for the clarification.

    The answer is yes. In InstallShield 2011, in an InstallScript project, you can go to the General Information view, and in the Add/Remove Programs section, there are two properties called “Disable Change Button” and “Disable Remove Button”. Change it there.

    I don’t know the interface for Devstudio 9, but in InstallShield it was different for the 2009 and earlier versions. There you go to the General Information view, and in the middle pane click the Add/Remove Programs node, and you will have those two properties available, “Disable Change Button” and “Disable Remove Button”.

    Does that answer your question?

    Rod

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