How to Restore Uninstall Confirmation Prompt Box in Windows Vista?



In Windows Vista you can uninstall programs using "Programs and Features" applet in Control Panel. By default Windows shows a confirmation box when you want to uninstall a program as shown in following screnshot:

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/5729/uninstallconfirmationdc5.jpg

But if you select the checkbox "In the future, do not show me this dialog box", it'll not show it again and there is no way to restore this confirmation prompt.

So in this small tutorial, I'll tell you how to restore this prompt using Windows Registry:

1. Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain

2. In right-side pane, delete following String value:

{948e51fb-0a48-44f0-86ac-33c36def540c}

You can also change its value to yes instead of deleting it. It'll also work.

3. Thats it. Now you'll get the uninstall confirmation prompt back.



This article was posted in Troubleshooting, Windows Vista.

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One Comment

  • nick

    Thanks - big help!

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