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Old November 2nd 04, 04:07 AM
Javier
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Default 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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Old November 2nd 04, 09:09 AM
Alan Edwards
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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
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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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