Disable automatic entries in add or remove programs

We're deploying an app via JWS, running JWS 1.5.0_08. JWS automatically creates an entry in Windows "Add or Remove Programs" area for each jnlp we deploy. The customer doesn't want to see these entries. Is there a way to disable this feature of JWS?
Thanks,
Duane

no - there currently isn't any way to disable this.
/Andy

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I have deployed my Java applications (both JWS and Applet) via JNLP with allow-offline option enabled and without installer-desc option specified.
My questions are:
1. An entry is added to the Add and Remove Programs list after launching the application via JNLP. Is it due to the specification of JNLP or JWS? Is there anyway to prevent this behavior?
2. I removed my application by clearing the cache via Java Control Panel but the entry for the application is still listed in Add and Remove Programs. How can I remove the entry in the Add and Remove Programs?
I have tried following methods but neither works:
1.Go to Add and Remove Programs, and click [remove] button to the right of my application.
*Warning message like 'Application cannot be uninstalled completely' is thrown.
2.Follow instructions listed @ [Microsoft Online Support site|http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314481/en-us] to remove my application manually via Windows registry.
*Couldn't find appropriate registry entry to delete.
Thanks in advance!

Hi, guys!
This issue has been officially approved as a new bug (Bug Id: 6946221) for the JDK 1.6_20(might include any release below) release.
It will take a couple of days for it to be shown up in the external Bug database. However, once it becomes available for viewing on external Bug database.I would like to encourage your valuable participation to vote on this bug to get it fixed ASAP by the SUN developer teams.
Java Bug Database @
[http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6946221|http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6946221]
Voting for the bug @
[http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/addVote.do?bug_id=6946221|http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/addVote.do?bug_id=6946221]
Thank you for your cooperation!
Edited by: Jay-K on Apr 23, 2010 12:14 AM

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Hi All,
Our company uses SCCM 2007 and we don't really have an SCCM officer here. I kind of try to get things done by googling a lot but for this i can't find a a solution so i open a thread.
I'm a newbie to SCCM 2007 so I don't know if i'm about to ask a dumb question but here I go.
I'm trying to pull out a report for the count of computers that run a desktop version of our Ticketing Tool.
I found the perfect standard report for this in SCCM 2007 which is: Count of instances of specific software registered with Add or Remove Programs.
in there i have to set two values: 1) the software that i'm willing to count, 2) the collection in which to search.
for value number 2 I have no problems.
my problem is in value number 1. When I click the value button to list all known software, he lists all software in a alphabetic way. problem is that it stops at letter "I"... the software i'm looking for starts with an O so it's not listed.
also if I type the software and then click Values... it replies that it couldn't find the software.
am I doing something wrong?

it sound like you are using the filter option with in the old and "crappy" ASP reports. first you should stop using then and only use the SSRS reports. secondly the filter option will only show the first 1000 rows, there is a reg key to
allow it to show more.
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Dell Inc. Inspiron 1525
iTunes 11.1.5.5
QuickTime not available
FairPlay 2.5.16
Apple Application Support 3.0.1
iPod Updater Library 11.1f5
CD Driver Not Available
CD Driver DLL Not Available
Apple Mobile Device 7.1.1.3
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.62.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.10 (333.10)
Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
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iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
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Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
Intel Corporation, Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
Intel Corporation, Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
**** External Plug-ins Information ****
No external plug-ins installed.
**** Network Connectivity Tests ****
Network Adapter Information
Adapter Name:        {F45D6408-EDE8-4F4F-8BDF-AE815F918114}
Description:            Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card
IP Address:             192.168.0.16
Subnet Mask:          255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:    192.168.0.1
DHCP Enabled:      Yes
DHCP Server:         192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained:     Sat Apr 05 12:21:08 2014
Lease Expires:       Sat Apr 05 13:21:08 2014
DNS Servers:         68.105.28.12
                                68.105.29.12
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Adapter Name:        {8F15FB4D-2EE6-4690-A8E7-82ACBF7A4F1E}
Description:            Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
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Universal Serial Bus Controllers:
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2830. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2831. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2832. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2834. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2835. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 2836. Device is working properly.
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I am asked to create an add method with the following rules:
When adding new elements, check to ensure there is room in the array data. If there is no unused array index, grow the array by delta elements. When removing existing elements, shrink the array by delta elements whenever there is room to add more than delta elements. In other words, leave no more than delta empty array locations at any time. The array must have from 0 through delta empty indexes at all times. The following assertions must pass.
This add method must work for any data type. And so far the method that I have create is:
public boolean add(E element) {
    boolean result = false;
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        if (data.length == n){
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n++;
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result = true;
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okay guys, so here's now for my remove method:
public boolean remove(E element) {
          boolean result = true;
          int position = 0;
          int count = 0;
          for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
               if (element.equals(data)) {
                    result = true;
                    position = i;
          if (result == true) {
               for (int j = position; j < n - 1; j++) {
                    data[position] = data[position + 1];
               data[n - 1] = null;
               n--;
          for (int k = 0; k< data.length; k++) {
               if (data[k] == null)
                    count++;
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               Object[] temp = new Object[data.length - (count-delta)];
               for (int m = 0; m<temp.length; m++)
                    temp[m] = data[m];
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When removing existing elements, shrink the array by delta elements whenever there is room to add more than delta elements. In other words, leave no more than delta empty array locations at any time. The array must have from 0 through delta empty indexes at all times. The following assertions must pass.
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@Test
     public void testGrowAndShrink() {
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         ints.remove(i);
       assertEquals(16, ints.size());
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