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Use Powershell to create a "fake" program in the programs and features list for indexing purposes

Posted on March 13, 2020September 5, 2024 by Patrik

For a reason I won't go in to here I recently had to create a fake program in the programs and features list of a computer. One example when this might be useful is for indexing purposes but there are other usecases for it as well. Since this list is saved in the registry adding…

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