Published on March 22, 2007

When you uninstall a program via the Programs and Features dialog, Windows will display a confirmation prompt by default. In case you've accidentally chosen the option In the future, do not show me this dialog box in the dialog, you can revert the setting back using the steps provided in this article.

How to restore the confirmation prompt when uninstalling a program via "Programs and Features&a

Summary

When you select a program in the Programs and Features dialog and click Uninstall, Windows will display a confirmation prompt by default.

In case you've accidentally chosen the option In the future, do not show me this dialog box in the dialog, you can revert the setting back using the steps provided in this article.

Restoring the confirmation prompt

To automate the steps below, download restore_conf_dialog.reg from the Attachments section of this article, and save to Desktop. Right-click on the downloaded file, and then choose Merge.

Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER

Navigate to the following location:

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

Backup the branch by exporting it to a file

Delete the value named {948e51fb-0a48-44f0-86ac-33c36def540c}

Exit the Registry Editor