Yes, it's not terribly well documented, however it is possible. Bear in mind that, after doing so, it's not possible to programmatically refresh the ARP dialog - you'll need to hit F5 or reload ARP to see the changes.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\TestApp] "DisplayName"="Wonka" "UninstallString"="wonka" "InstallSource"="c:\\wonka\\" "DisplayVersion"="2.0.2337.0" "Publisher"="Microsoft Corporation" "InstallLocation"="c:\\Program Files\\wonka\\" "UninstallPath"="\"c:\\Program Files\\wonka\\wonka.exe\" /u" "HelpLink"="http://www.wonka.com"; "URLInfoAbout"="http://wonka.com"; "NoRepair"=dword:00000001 "EstimatedSize"=dword:00b71b00 "NoModify"=dword:00000001 I think that Heath Stewart has some blog entries about making this work and issues surrounding doing this in MSI. Wendell On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) <edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote: > Please forgive me for the off-topic question but I figured somebody here > would know where I should look for an answer. > > I was asked today if there was any way to add entries to Add/Remove Programs > *without* using a MSI. Is this possible? > > Edwin G. Castro > Software Developer - Staff > Electronic Banking Services > Fiserv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com<http://www.fiserv.com/> > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, > a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. > Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- "Some people come visit Europe and are really let down when they find out it's not like a credit-card commercial; others really get into meeting all the quirky people and careening along narrow mountain roads in rickety cabs driven by suicidal, gap-toothed Carpathians. I guess it's pretty obvious which one you are..." - Justin Crevier, May '01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
