Re: Add or Remove Programs corrupted--How to Reset/Rescan/whatever?
- From: Claymore <claymore@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:42:19 -0700
On Aug 31, 2:29 pm, "Scott Glasgow" <pala...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have the problem described here:http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/05/26/422076.aspx
My Add or Remove Programs dialog appears normal (except for the miniscule
scrollbar thumb caused by this issue) until I scroll down the list as far as
Kinyonsoft's Win Tools XP, after which the list display is blank white for a
while, then vertical black bars for a while, then white again, and finally
the list takes back up with Lenovo Battery Program.
Then the list runs on normally until WinMerge Pro 2.2.2.0, at which point I
get the funky blank, then black bars, then blank again, before the list
finally picks back up with WordPerfect Lightning and runs normally to Zinio
Reader at the end.
I have opened the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall path
and looked for DisplayIcon values of -1. Nada. Unfortunately, there is no
way to tell just by looking whether a non-numeric DisplayIcon value (e.g. a
program or DLL name) is valid or not.
Is there any way to force the system to reset/reread these values and
resolve this issue? Any other fixes anyone has come across? Thanks.
Cheers,
Scott
Hello Scott,
Try this:
In Add/Remove Programs, note down the items before and after the white
space.
Open the Registry Editor and go to the key you went to before:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Uninstall
Backup this key for safety (File => Export - Selected Branch)
Look under the key for a program listed in between the two programs
you noted down earlier.
If such a program exists, delete its key.
If more than one is listed, try each in turn to isolate the problem
program. You may have to restore the backed-up key to re-instate a
good key you deleted. Then delete the offending one again.
Of course, this will remove the item from the Add/Remove Programs
list, so hopefully there is an unistall file in the program's folder
that you can use if you ever want to uninstall it.
.
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