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Old May 28th 04, 08:56 PM
Bill Steelman
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Default Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs Missing

I was trying to remove a program using the Add/remove
programs in the control panel. Only a very few of the
programs on my computer are contained in the remove
panel. I must have at least 40 programs installed on my
computer, but only 7 of them are now showing up in the
control panel remove panel. I don't know what happened to
all of the other programs that were contained in the
add/remove panel.

Any suggestions on how to get the programs relisted in the
control add/remove panel?
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Old May 28th 04, 09:53 PM
Rick T
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Default Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs Missing

Bill Steelman wrote:

I was trying to remove a program using the Add/remove
programs in the control panel. Only a very few of the
programs on my computer are contained in the remove
panel. I must have at least 40 programs installed on my
computer, but only 7 of them are now showing up in the
control panel remove panel. I don't know what happened to
all of the other programs that were contained in the
add/remove panel.

Any suggestions on how to get the programs relisted in the
control add/remove panel?
.



I'm thinking the same thing I posted to your query of 20 minutes before
this one... YMMV.


Rick
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Old May 29th 04, 02:06 AM
Alan Edwards
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Default Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs Missing

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"="12345678901234567890123456789012345 67890123456789012345678901234"

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

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

.....Alan
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Alan Edwards MS MVP W95/98 Systems

In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Bill Steelman"
wrote:

I was trying to remove a program using the Add/remove
programs in the control panel. Only a very few of the
programs on my computer are contained in the remove
panel. I must have at least 40 programs installed on my
computer, but only 7 of them are now showing up in the
control panel remove panel. I don't know what happened to
all of the other programs that were contained in the
add/remove panel.

Any suggestions on how to get the programs relisted in the
control add/remove panel?
.


 




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