Re: Add/Remove Programs Does Not Show All Programs Installed?
From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/26/04
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 01:25:56 -0500
Hi,
There are some current spyware, etc which has an impact on Add or Remove.
Other than that, run the edit on line 146 (right hand side) if you haven't
done so already.
Good luck!
-- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "mopoke" <glugsofgosh@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:e80bdb87.0404251523.605a7b1a@posting.google.com... > "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message > news:<#pID7FqKEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>... >> I don't know what your original post was, but before doing a System >> Restore, >> please check the path again: >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall >> >> If your issue has to do with great amounts of white space between >> listings, >> this can be corrected. >> >> -- >> All the Best, >> Kelly >> >> Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP >> 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award >> >> Troubleshooting Windows XP >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com >> >> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm > > I dont have great amounts of white space between listings. ( I have > read your tips under 'Add/Remove') The 'Uninstall' string just does > not exist in the registry. > >> In xp pro when I open add/remove Programs there is only 5 entries, & I >> dont have any options to Change/Remove. ie. nothing happens when I >> click on it. >> -Adobe Reader 6 >> -Highmet ext. to MS Windows xp cd etc. >> -HP photo & Imaging 1.0 etc. >> -ShareIns. >> -WebFldrs xp. >> Yet I have over 20 programs installed including Zone alarm pro, >> Ad-aware & SpyBot, AVG 6. All these are uptodate. >> >> Checked for reg. - HKEY LOCAL >> MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall >> and the 'Uninstall' does not exist. Also, I cant see this 'Uninstall' >> 'string' anywhere in the registry settings mentioned in Kellys' 'xp >> a-z'- 'add/remove' tips. >> I am logged in as 'Administrator" >> From the 'Start - All Programs' nearly all the programs listed here >> have the 'Uninstall' function. >> >> I have scoured the forums & read Kellys A-Z. But I am none the wiser. >> Even with the programs listed in 'Add/Remove Programs' there is no >> 'Change/Remove'option. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> Thanks, Alan >> >> Athlon 1g, dual boot 20g(98se) & 40g(xppro), 512ram. xp pro sp1a + all >> updates etc. to date >> 'Previously I asked in >> microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration manage' >> >> >> "mopoke" <glugsofgosh@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:e80bdb87.0404250035.f8beffd@posting.google.com... >> > Alex Nichol <alexn.mvpdts@ntlworld.delete.com> wrote in message >> > news:<dppk801fjioalihlhajfqhdm266e5vi12k@4ax.com>... >> >> mopoke wrote: >> >> >Checked for reg. - >> >> >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall >> >> >and the 'Uninstall' does not exist. >> >> >> >> That key is central to the Add/Remove (without it I don't quite see >> >> how >> >> there is *anything* to show there). I'd suggest as a start trying to >> >> get back to a registry that still had it - use >> >> Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore >> >> to go back to a suitable earlier point, as far back as you can without >> >> either losing major program installs you know you have made since, or >> >> trying to go back past the install of SP1 >> > >> > OK. Will give a go. The worst that can happen is to go back as far as >> > 16/2/2004, the day I installed xp pro & reinstall any programs etc.
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