Lost "Add/remove SW" in Control panel VISTA64

[Ritter197]

I all of a sudden cannot see anymore the "add/remove SW" in the VISTA64
control panel.
How do I get it back?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Click start, type:

control appwiz.cpl

and hit <enter>. Does this open the applet? If so, it may be in the wrong
folder (should be under C:\Windows\System32). If not, then the applet may be
either missing or damaged.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Ritter197]

Thanks, guys. Works fine. Just do not understand why MS had to change
something SO basic that we knew for YEARS where it was.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

They changed the appearance of that applet, but its name and location remain
the same as it was in XP and 2000.

If I understand correctly, running that command opened the applet. If so,
have you checked that it is in the correct location?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[STAN STARINSKI]

I don't understand it either.
Few professionals understand why MS has to wreck a good, working OS that
WinXP was.

Not only this was damaged, but also Display properties were broken into
separate applets instead of a single, LOGICAL window with logical tabs.
In Vista it all became messed up and broken into sub-windows.
Stupid.

I don't even know whther it went back to XP style in Win7, but XP was good