Microsoft offers a diagnostic tool that can be used to hide updates and prevent them from being reinstalled, but only after they had been already installed, then uninstalled without rebooting the system.
The method comprises: monitoring whether user interface files of the software are removed; when the user interface files are removed, an uninstall program of the software is called to uninstall the software.
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