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Thursday 24 November 2011

Open "Add or Remove Programs" From My Computer

This Tweak allows you to create an "add/remove Programs" option in the context menu that comes while you right click the My Computer icon on the Desktop.


Follow these steps:
Open Registry editor (start > Run> then type "regedit" (without quotes) and press enter button
this will open registry editor
then follow this path  ...

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Add/Remove Programs\command
 
If  "Add/Remove Programs" and "Command" keys are not in your computer,
 then right click on the "shell" key in the left pane 
and select new>key and give the name "Add/Remove Programs" (without quotes),
 then right click on the "Add/Remove Programs" key in the left pane
 and select new>key and give the name "Command" (without quotes).
 
Then double click on "Default" key and give it the name "control appwiz.cpl" (without quotes).
 
Wrong settings in the registry may cause an unpredictable problems to your Windows. So carefully change the appropriate values.   
 
 

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