Disable Add/Remove Programs

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Add/Remove Programs

Description

Prevents users from using Add/Remove Programs.

This policy removes Add/Remove Programs from Control Panel and removes the Add/Remove Programs item from menus.

Add/Remove Programs lets users install, uninstall, repair, add, and remove features and components of Windows 2000 and a wide variety of Windows programs. Programs published or assigned to the user appear in Add/Remove Programs.

If you disable this policy or do not configure it, Add/Remove Programs is available to all users.

Note

When enabled, this policy takes precedence over the other policies in this folder.

This policy does not prevent users from using other tools and methods to install or uninstall programs.