How to hide an entry in the Add/Remove Programs applet?

This article discusses the methods to hide an entry in the Add/Remove Programs listing. Following any one of the methods is enough. This article is all about registry editing, so be sure to have appropriate backup(s) in place. For more information about registry backup, see here

The Add/Remove Programs list is populated from the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall

Under the Uninstall key, there will be several sub-keys, each representing a software program that you installed. The following example shows how to hide the AnalogX Proxy entry from Add/Remove Programs listing:

Method 1

* Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
* Navigate to the following location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall \ AnalogX Proxy

* In the right-pane, right-click the DisplayName value and choose Rename
* Rename it to anything (For example, NoDisplayName )

The AnalogX Proxy entry is now hidden. To make it visible again, rename the value back to DisplayName
Method 2

* Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
* Navigate to the following location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall \ AnalogX Proxy

* In the right-pane, create a new REG_DWORD value named SystemComponent
* Double-click SystemComponent and set its data to 1

The AnalogX Proxy entry is now hidden. To make it visible again, delete the SystemComponent value that you created earlier.

Windows Media Player 12 skin for Windows XP

Are you looking for Windows Media player 12 look alike for Windows XP ? Deviantart user fediaFedia has ported the Windows Media Player 12 skin for windows vista to XP.

Free download WMP 12 Skin For XP fromhere.If you happen to have a newer (or older) version of WMP11 on windows XP, you can easily change the version info as mentioned below and use it.

• 1. Open reshacker
• 2. Drag and drop the wmploc.dll into reshacker
• 3. Go to Version Info, expand it, expand 1 and click 1033
• 4. You will see the following values:
  VALUE “CompanyName”, “Microsoft Corporation”
  VALUE “FileDescription”, “Windows Media Player Resources”
  VALUE “FileVersion”, “11.0.5721.5230 (WMP_11.061018-2006)”
  VALUE “InternalName”, “wmploc.dll”
  VALUE “LegalCopyright”, “© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.”
  VALUE “OriginalFilename”, “wmploc.dll”
  VALUE “ProductName”, “Microsoft® Windows® Operating System”
  VALUE “ProductVersion”, “11.0.5721.5230″

You will have to modify values for “FileVersion” and “ProductVersion”. Type your version of WMP11 as follows:

• VALUE “ProductVersion”, “11.0.5721.XXXX”
• VALUE “FileVersion”, “11.0.5721.XXXX (WMP_11.061018-2006)”

where XXXX need to be replaced by your WMP version number.

• 5. Click Compile script in reshack and save wmploc.dll
• 6. Use the above modified wmploc.dll to replace your version of wmploc.dll, by following the installation instructions here. Take a backup of your version of wmploc.dll before doing such installation

Installing the above skin requires you to change system files and registry entries. Hence doing this incorrectly may cause Windows or some of its components to stop working properly. you are hereby advised to make proper back-ups, before actually changing anything.

If you like to remove the black box that appears around videos go to Options > Performance and change the Video border color to (R:249 G:250 B:254).

Enjoy Windows Media Player 12 skin For Windows XP!!!