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add/remove programs not visible
I am trying to remove a program but when the Add/Remove Programs Properties
window opens it does not show any programs in the install window? I was installing a network card and failed to pull the floppy out on the reboot. Would an application recovery do me any good? Any suggestions would be appreciated. |
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add/remove programs not visible
Presumably, the program you want to remove is the one associated with your
network card. As the installation was incomplete, your program won't have installed properly so the bulk of the 'installation' was likely to have been placed in a temporary folder which by now, has probably deleted itself leaving little or no 'residue'. Hence, no sign of it in Add/Remove Programs. However, your best plan is to remove your network card, run System Restore and roll-back to the last time/date before you started to install the card. When completed, then start over again by re-installing your network card, remembering to pull the floppy this time g Mart "shelton003" wrote in message ... I am trying to remove a program but when the Add/Remove Programs Properties window opens it does not show any programs in the install window? I was installing a network card and failed to pull the floppy out on the reboot. Would an application recovery do me any good? Any suggestions would be appreciated. |
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add/remove programs not visible
I doubt very much that yuor floppy had anything to do with the probelm with
Add/Remove Programs Here's Alan Edwards' usual spiel on this common problem. 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\123*4567890123456789012345678 901234567890123456789012345678901234] 2. The DisplayName for the key is greater than 63 characters. Solution: Shorten DisplayName e.g. this is invalid "DisplayName"="12345678901234567890123456789012345 6789012345678901234567890*1234" 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. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "shelton003" wrote in message ... I am trying to remove a program but when the Add/Remove Programs Properties window opens it does not show any programs in the install window? I was installing a network card and failed to pull the floppy out on the reboot. Would an application recovery do me any good? Any suggestions would be appreciated. |
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