How to restore the uninstall confirmation prompt in Programs and Features

Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft added a confirmation prompt when you uninstall software from Programs and Features Control Panel. This prompt can be bypassed if you have previously ticked the checkbox In the future, do not show me this dialog box.. Once you tick it, the confirmation dialog will be gone forever, because Windows does not offer you any way to restore the confirmation. In this article, we will look at a simple Registry tweak to restore the uninstall confirmation prompt in Programs and Features for Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

uninstall confirmation prompt Windows 10
To restore the uninstall confirmation prompt in Programs and Features, you need to do the following:

  1. Open Registry Editor.
  2. Go to the following Registry key:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain

    Tip: See how to jump to the desired Registry key with one click.

  3. In the right pane, delete the following string parameter: {948e51fb-0a48-44f0-86ac-33c36def540c}. It has the value NO. After you delete it, the uninstall confirmation prompt will be enabled again.

That's it. It is very strange why Microsoft has provided an option in the Windows GUI to re-enable the uninstall confirmation prompt in Programs and Features. So, the Registry is the only method available for the end user.

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Author: Sergey Tkachenko

Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Telegram, Twitter, and YouTube.

3 thoughts on “How to restore the uninstall confirmation prompt in Programs and Features”

  1. It‘s the same with recycle bin prompts. At first, you wouldn‘t care for them and they would seem to be useful but after Windows 8 release you notice a difference just for a short period of time because those dialogs wasn‘t that much of use.

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