Remove Add or Remove Programs

Supported OS tags: Windows2000, WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP

Prevents users from using Add or Remove Programs. This setting removes Add or Remove Programs from Control Panel and removes the Add or Remove Programs item from menus. Add or Remove Programs lets users install, uninstall, repair, add, and remove features and components of Windows 2000 Professional and a wide variety of Windows programs. Programs published or assigned to the user appear in Add or Remove Programs. If you disable this setting or do not configure it, Add or Remove Programs is available to all users. When enabled, this setting takes precedence over the other settings in this folder. This setting does not prevent users from using other tools and methods to install or uninstall programs.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• User
  Go directly to Components Wizard

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Hide Add New Programs page

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Hide Add/Remove Windows Components page

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Hide Change or Remove Programs page

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Hide the "Add a program from CD-ROM or floppy disk" option

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Hide the "Add programs from Microsoft" option

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Hide the "Add programs from your network" option

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Hide the Set Program Access and Defaults page

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Remove Support Information

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Specify default category for Add New Programs

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only