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Q: How to fix Add/Remove Programs in Windows XP ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: How to fix Add/Remove Programs in Windows XP
Category: Computers > Operating Systems
Asked by: boboleo-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 27 Sep 2005 22:38 PDT
Expires: 27 Oct 2005 22:38 PDT
Question ID: 573596
I have fully patched Windows XP. When I go to Add and Remove programs,
the list is not being fully populated. I basically get only the
programs beginning with A. I thus can't uninstall some programs I want
to get rid of. How can I fix?
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Subject: Re: How to fix Add/Remove Programs in Windows XP
Answered By: tlspiegel-ga on 28 Sep 2005 00:06 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hi boboleo,

Thank you for your question.

Apparently this is a problem and you aren't the only one who has it. 
So, that's the good news!  :)

Here is the original post from whirlpool broadband multimedia - SP2
Add/Remove Programs Prob
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=237812&p=1

"I installed XP SP2 about a month ago. 266Mb .......Windows
XP-KB835935-SP2-ENU, Self Extracting Cabinet

Everything appeared to go well, no obvious problems, no crashes, no clashes etc.

One slight problem was that I noticed that the list of programs in
"Add/Remove Programs" in the Control Panel has been affected.

It no longer lists all the programs installed on this computer. It
sorts the programs by 4 criteria; Name, Size, Frequency of Use and
Date Last Used.

Now none of these list gives me a full list of all programs..... Name
gives me only 6 programs beginning with the letter 'A' ????"


[edit]... a lot of explanations and possible fixes (blah blah blah)
but we'll just pass that by and go to page 2 on this forum.


Here is how to really fix the problem:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=237812&p=1

"Under SP2, the problem never goes away.

I did learn that the programs ARE in the listing, they're just way down there.

I have found a cause and a solution; it worked for me, but I don't
know if it will work for you:

In my case, the problem turned out to be the Uninstall\DisplayIcon
registry value for AutoCAD 2002.

I 'simply' removed the comma from "D:\\Program Files\\AutoCAD 2002\\acad.exe,-1"

To find the value, I ran Regedit, and navigated to the key
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Micro­
soft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninst­ all]

I exported the registry tree to a file, and searched for AutoCAD 2002.

This let me identify the key as {5783F2D7-0101-0409-0000-0060B0CE6­
BBA}, allowing me to edit the value.

That fixed it.

Sometimes you get lucky."

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keyword search:

add remove programs tool no list
add remove programs repair sp2 no list

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Best regards,
tlspiegel
boboleo-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Very deft use of Google Search to find a Google Answer. Thanks!

Comments  
Subject: Re: How to fix Add/Remove Programs in Windows XP
From: tlspiegel-ga on 28 Sep 2005 08:14 PDT
 
Hi boboleo,

Thank you for the 5 star rating and nice comments.  :)

Best regards,
tlspiegel

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