Programs and Features
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Programs and Features is a Windows Control Panel tool that lets users uninstall, change, or repair installed software and Windows components.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Programs and Features canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1718996 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Programs and Features Context triple: [Control Panel, includesApplet, Programs and Features]
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A.
Registry Editor
Registry Editor is a built-in Windows utility that allows users to view and modify the system’s hierarchical configuration database known as the Windows Registry.
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B.
Device Manager
Device Manager is a Windows utility that lets users view and control the hardware devices installed on their computer, including drivers and resource settings.
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C.
File Explorer
File Explorer is the built-in file management application in Microsoft Windows that lets users browse, organize, and manage files, folders, and drives on their computer.
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D.
Microsoft Management Console 2.0
Microsoft Management Console 2.0 is a system administration framework from Microsoft that provides a unified, extensible interface for managing Windows components and services through snap-in tools.
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E.
Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center is a discontinued Microsoft digital video recorder and media player application for Windows that provided a TV-friendly interface for watching and recording live television, playing media, and accessing online content.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Programs and Features Target entity description: Programs and Features is a Windows Control Panel tool that lets users uninstall, change, or repair installed software and Windows components.
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A.
Registry Editor
Registry Editor is a built-in Windows utility that allows users to view and modify the system’s hierarchical configuration database known as the Windows Registry.
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B.
Device Manager
Device Manager is a Windows utility that lets users view and control the hardware devices installed on their computer, including drivers and resource settings.
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C.
File Explorer
File Explorer is the built-in file management application in Microsoft Windows that lets users browse, organize, and manage files, folders, and drives on their computer.
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D.
Microsoft Management Console 2.0
Microsoft Management Console 2.0 is a system administration framework from Microsoft that provides a unified, extensible interface for managing Windows components and services through snap-in tools.
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E.
Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center is a discontinued Microsoft digital video recorder and media player application for Windows that provided a TV-friendly interface for watching and recording live television, playing media, and accessing online content.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows Control Panel applet
ⓘ
software management tool ⓘ |
| accessPath | Control Panel → Programs → Programs and Features ⓘ |
| allows |
filtering installed programs
ⓘ
sorting installed programs ⓘ |
| availableInVersion |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 8.1 ⓘ |
| category | system administration tool ⓘ |
| configurationScope | system-wide ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| executableComponent | appwiz.cpl ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion | Windows Vista ⓘ |
| launchMethod | run command appwiz.cpl ⓘ |
| lists |
installed desktop applications
ⓘ
programs installed for all users ⓘ some Windows components ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| partOf | Windows Control Panel ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
change installed programs
ⓘ
repair installed programs ⓘ uninstall installed programs ⓘ view installed Windows components ⓘ view installed programs ⓘ |
| replaces | Add or Remove Programs ⓘ |
| requiresPermission | administrative privileges for some operations ⓘ |
| shows |
installation date
ⓘ
program name ⓘ program size ⓘ program version ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
change
ⓘ
repair ⓘ turn Windows features on or off ⓘ uninstall ⓘ |
| usedFor |
managing installed software
ⓘ
managing optional Windows features ⓘ removing unwanted programs ⓘ troubleshooting software issues ⓘ |
| userInterfaceElement |
Change button
ⓘ
Repair option ⓘ Turn Windows features on or off link ⓘ Uninstall button ⓘ list of installed programs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Programs and Features Description of subject: Programs and Features is a Windows Control Panel tool that lets users uninstall, change, or repair installed software and Windows components.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.