{"id":434446,"date":"2010-03-16T13:30:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T17:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/?p=20695"},"modified":"2010-04-27T19:08:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T23:08:07","slug":"how-to-disable-%e2%80%9cthis-program-might-not-have-installed-correctly%e2%80%9d-notifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/434446","title":{"rendered":"How To Disable \u201cThis Program Might Not Have Installed Correctly\u201d Notifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before I begin, allow me to get one thing out of the way; I absolutely hate the &#8220;This Program Might Not Have Installed Correctly&#8221; dialogue box. They are not only annoying but also misleading. Whatever little purpose they serve is negated by the fact that these prompts tend to be woefully inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.techie-buzz.com\/images\/posts\/pallab\/prog_compt.jpg\" alt=\"Program-Might-Not-Have-Installed-Correctly-Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These warning prompts are triggered by the Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) Service, which monitors all application installations and tries to detect known compatibility problems. The trouble is that most portable applications seem to trigger PCA alerts. Thankfully, disabling the PCA service is straightforward.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Type <em>services.msc<\/em> in the Start Menu (or in the Run dialogue box).<\/li>\n<li>Locate the entry for <em>Program Compatibility Assistant Service<\/em>.<\/li>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.techie-buzz.com\/images\/posts\/pallab\/prog_compt2.jpg\" alt=\"Program-Compatability-Assistant\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Right Click on it and select <em>Properties<\/em> from the context menu.<\/li>\n<li>Set <em>Startup Type<\/em> to <em>Disabled<\/em> and close the Services applet.<\/li>\n<li>If you ever feel the need to undo the changes, simply change the <em>Startup Type<\/em> back to <em>Manual<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"font-size:12px\">\n<strong>Share:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/how-to\/disable-this-program-might-not-have-installed-correctly-warnin.html#commentrespond\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Comment on This Post<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?source=techiebuzz&#038;status=How%20To%20Disable%20&#8220;This%20Program%20Might%20Not%20Have%20Installed%20Correctly&#8221;%20Notifications%20http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FbJyaUb%20via%20@techiebuzzer\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Tweet This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/how-to\/disable-this-program-might-not-have-installed-correctly-warnin.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Share on Facebook<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/how-to\/disable-this-program-might-not-have-installed-correctly-warnin.html&#038;title=How%20To%20Disable%20&#8220;This%20Program%20Might%20Not%20Have%20Installed%20Correctly&#8221;%20Notifications\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Save to Delicious<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/how-to\/disable-this-program-might-not-have-installed-correctly-warnin.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Stumble This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&#038;url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/how-to\/disable-this-program-might-not-have-installed-correctly-warnin.html&#038;title=How%20To%20Disable%20&#8220;This%20Program%20Might%20Not%20Have%20Installed%20Correctly&#8221;%20Notifications\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Digg This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/how-to\/disable-this-program-might-not-have-installed-correctly-warnin.html&#038;title=How%20To%20Disable%20&#8220;This%20Program%20Might%20Not%20Have%20Installed%20Correctly&#8221;%20Notifications\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Reddit This<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><strong style=\"font-size:11px;\">TAGS:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-transform:uppercase;font-size:11px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/how-to\" rel=\"tag\">How To<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/tips-and-tricks\" rel=\"tag\">Tips And Tricks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/windows-7\" rel=\"tag\">Windows 7<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/small><\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><strong>Announcement:<\/strong> Missing Mobile News in the Main RSS Feed? 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They are not only annoying but also misleading. Whatever little purpose they serve is negated by the fact that these prompts tend to be woefully inaccurate. These warning prompts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1716,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}