There are a number of programs listed in the Add or Remove Programs
menu in Control Panel that don't have a Change or Remove button.
Probably more than half of the listed programs are missing the
button(s). These are all active programs, and many do not have a
remove option in the Start/All Programs either. One that I want to
remove right now is the Apple Safari browser for Windows. I have
Googled for help with this, and the only thing I have seen is to
uninstall it in Add or Remove Programs, which is exactly what I can't
do.

How can I delete these programs and/or get the Remove button back in
Add or Remove Programs?

Using Windows XP Pro SP3.

Try here:
Some applications in Add/Remove Programs list are missing Change and
Remove buttons:
http://www.winxptutor.com/arpbuttons.htm

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm



On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:10:40 -0700, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, RAH <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>There are a number of programs listed in the Add or Remove Programs
>menu in Control Panel that don't have a Change or Remove button.
>Probably more than half of the listed programs are missing the
>button(s). These are all active programs, and many do not have a
>remove option in the Start/All Programs either. One that I want to
>remove right now is the Apple Safari browser for Windows. I have
>Googled for help with this, and the only thing I have seen is to
>uninstall it in Add or Remove Programs, which is exactly what I can't
>do.
>
>How can I delete these programs and/or get the Remove button back in
>Add or Remove Programs?
>
>Using Windows XP Pro SP3.

Thanks. I tried to do that, but there are only a handful of programs
and a few KB's listed. I then did a search on the string, "NoRemove"
and came up with a lot of programs, but nowhere near what I have
installed. Almost all of them were set to NoRemove 1.

There is nothing about Apple or Safari in the uninstall folder. I did
a search for "Safari", but only found a few entries such as program
name, etc. Apple obviously doesn't want you to remove it once you
have it installed.


On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:27:37 +1000, Alan Edwards
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Try here:
>Some applications in Add/Remove Programs list are missing Change and
>Remove buttons:
>http://www.winxptutor.com/arpbuttons.htm
>
>...Alan

for some programs I have found that when you click on them it then shows another window the the uninstall option.



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"RAH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
There are a number of programs listed in the Add or Remove Programs
menu in Control Panel that don't have a Change or Remove button.
Probably more than half of the listed programs are missing the
button(s). These are all active programs, and many do not have a
remove option in the Start/All Programs either. One that I want to
remove right now is the Apple Safari browser for Windows. I have
Googled for help with this, and the only thing I have seen is to
uninstall it in Add or Remove Programs, which is exactly what I can't
do.

How can I delete these programs and/or get the Remove button back in
Add or Remove Programs?

Using Windows XP Pro SP3.