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Old April 7th 06, 02:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default not showing in add/remove multiple occurences

I am not familiar with either but the keyname will show in Regedit
under the Uninstall key.
In case I was not clear, in this key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\12345678901234567890123456789 01234567890123456789012345678901234]
the keyname is
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 12345678901234

....Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html



On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 21:38:39 -0400, in
microsoft.public.windowsme.software "Donna"
wrote:

Hmmm.
How would I find out what the keyname of the uninstaller is?
One of the is "Tweak Now Registry Cleaner" .. another is the AVG Antivirus
free edition....
Perhaps you are familiar with these utilities and know the HKEY names?

"Alan Edwards" wrote in message
.. .
All Installed Programs May Not Be Displayed in the Add/Remove Programs
Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=240348

I have fixed several of these recently for others.
The problem will occur in these two situations:

1. The uninstall keyname for an application is greater than 63
characters.
Solution: Rename the keyname.
e.g. this is invalid
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\12345678901234567890123456789 01234567890123456789012345678901234]



2. The DisplayName for the key is greater than 63 characters.
Solution: Shorten DisplayName
e.g. this is invalid

"DisplayName"="1234567890123456789012345678901234 567890123456789012345678901
234"

*** Note that the invalid entry that can cause this is not necessarily
connected with the ones missing so you must check all entries.

If you need a second opinion, export the key to a Registration file
and email it to me.


....Alan
-
Alan Edwards MS MVP Windows -Internet Explorer

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:42:17 -0400, in
microsoft.public.windowsme.software "Donna"
wrote:

Hi... something seems to be wrong with the add/remove programs. At first

I
thought it was that the software I had installed didnt come with an
uninstaller. But its happened with 3 or 4 things now. I contacted some of
the support people for the products that werent showing and they assured

me
that the product came with an uninstaller. They recommended I reinstall

the
product, but it still didnt show. I recently started using a utility

called
"easy uninstall" to do the add/removes, but would like to know whats up

with
the add/remove and fix it if possible.
thanks in advance!