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Uninstall option is missing in Add/Remove programs

Uninstall option is missing in Add/remove programs Hi All, Recently, I had to remove one of the applications from Windows 7 PC. I followed usual way by going to the Control Panel and launching Program and Features option to uninstall an application. When I selected the application remove, I found out that Uninstall button was missing.  Then I thought I could remove it by going to Start \ All Programs \ <Application_Name> and click on Uninstall application option there. But Uninstall option was missing there also. To rectify this, I had to tweak the registry.  To launch Registry editor: Click on Start Type " Regedit " in Search  program and files box Select " Regedit " in the box Once the Registry editor is open, Navigate to  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Uninstall Search for an application you would like to remove. E.g. Google Chrome Change the following values to ' 0 ':