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Programs not showing on add/remove list
Hello. My probles is that all the recent programs I have installed on my PC
do not show on the add/remove list in the Control Panel (Mcafee 8, a firewall, etc). The programs run perfectly, but they aren't showing up on that list, so the ones that don't come with unistallers I can't get off my pc. I was forced to unistall another version of Mcafee by going to the registry. How can I make all my applications show on the add/remove list? any help is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Javier |
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Start with this but I warn you, you must persist.
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 - Alan Edwards MS MVP W95/98 Systems In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, Javier Javier @discussions.microsoft.com wrote: Hello. My probles is that all the recent programs I have installed on my PC do not show on the add/remove list in the Control Panel (Mcafee 8, a firewall, etc). The programs run perfectly, but they aren't showing up on that list, so the ones that don't come with unistallers I can't get off my pc. I was forced to unistall another version of Mcafee by going to the registry. How can I make all my applications show on the add/remove list? any help is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Javier |
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