Remove hidden updates permanently


  1. GWT
    Posts : 58
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #1

    Remove hidden updates permanently


    Is there a way to remove hidden updates, permanently?

    I have about 50 stupid language packs that have been sitting there since time began. Then I updated to SP1 and now they're back, unhidden. I have to re-hide them all again.

    Anyway to permanently killfile this stuff once & for all?

    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 240
    Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1, Ubuntu 11.04 x64
       #2

    GWT said:
    I have to re-hide them all again.
    Which simply requires selecting the first one, scrolling to the bottom and shift-select the last one, then right-click and choose Hide Update.

    Takes maybe 5 seconds?
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  3. GWT
    Posts : 58
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Yeah, but that still doesn't permanently get rid of them though...

    Stupid language packs, be gone!
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  4. Posts : 1,996
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #4

    You, of course know that those updates have not yet been downloaded, right.:)
    You hide them, and thereby hide the ability to download them.
    So, you have to hide them every time a service pack comes out, shouldn't be a big deal.:)
    Last edited by Sardonicus; 02 Mar 2011 at 18:56.
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  5. Posts : 240
    Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1, Ubuntu 11.04 x64
       #5

    GWT said:
    Yeah, but that still doesn't permanently get rid of them though...

    Stupid language packs, be gone!
    Well, they won't show up again until SP2 so I wouldn't get too excited about it...:)
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  6. GWT
    Posts : 58
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    So there's nothing that can be done? No?

    Because I consider it nothing more than crapware waiting to be loaded. You've already picked the language pack you wanted to use, so it shouldn't be a matter of; "Gee, I changed my mind. I want Polish or Swiss on my OS instead"

    This kind of issue should be done & over with. Not left on standby in perpetuity.
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  7. Posts : 8,398
    ultimate 64 sp1
       #7

    you've spent more time complaining about it than it would take to hide them...
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  8. Posts : 375
    Windows 7 Ultimate N 64-bit
       #8

    mickey megabyte said:
    you've spent more time complaining about it than it would take to hide them...

    lol thats both funny and true.
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  9. GWT
    Posts : 58
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    mickey megabyte said:
    you've spent more time complaining about it than it would take to hide them...
    Hey, nothing wrong with venting. And please be more polite next time.

    Anyway, I'm done.
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