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Thread: Need way to "Hide or Remove" the WCG Entry in the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs Listing |
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DGMV
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I'm looking for a way to remove the "Entry" of the World Community Grid Agent" from the "Add/Remove Programs" Control Panel Applet so it will NOT show up as a Installed Program.
I've already searched the Registry and removed the below listed entry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{3CEA3FEC-1AF5-4818-89D5-406F627E7337}] This only seems to have "Removed" the link for Support in the listing - the program listing is still there. Any help would be appreaciated. Thanks, Dan |
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Former Member
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May I ask why you want to do this?
I can't think of any safe way to do this. You can remove access to Add/Remove Programs entirely, or you could attempt an administrative install. Beyond that, I have to say: don't. Windows Installer technology requires genius and a lifetime of study to comprehend fully. Hacking at the edges is more likely to break things than do what you expect. |
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Former Member
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You are on the right track. Messing with the registry should only be done with caution.
Robert Taylor has a page here on "running as a service". http://www.unofficialworldcommunitygrid.com/service.shtml Read that first, and then also see many threads here by searching in the box in the upper right for "run as a service". Some have posted problems that they have encountered. |
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keithhenry
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Given my limited experience with Windows, I'd not try this either if there's not a simple way to do it. As for why, that's not far-fetched. If you're loading WCG on machines used by "public" users, like students in a school setting, preventing them from removing or changing some items would save a lot of time and effort. Hmm. I wonder if simply hiding the WCG directory might help (without breaking WCG too).
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Former Member
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Morning DGMV
----------------------------------------There is a pretty easy way of doing this although you have to reinstall BOINC or the WCG UD agent. Firstly, you need to extract the msi package from the downloaded exe file by running it and then copying the msi from your 'C:\Documents and Settings\YOURNAME\Local Settings\Temp' folder. Cancel the installation. Then run the following. msiexec /i "C:\PATH TO THE MSI\UDagent or BOINC.msi" ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT=1and install normally. The package won't show up in the add/remove list. If you do need to remove it use the command msiexec /x {3CEA3FEC-1AF5-4818-89D5-406F627E7337} (This code number depends on which agent you've installed and can change depending on the version installed, but you've guessed where to find it !)Regards Slug [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Feb 13, 2006 6:22:02 AM] |
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