Unable to Add/Change programs via Add or Remove Programs

[Ian]

Hello,

I wonder if anybody can assist me. In the last two weeks my laptop (Windows
XP SP2) has prevented me from removing any programs via the Add / Remove
Programs Control Panel icon. When I select an item the options to Change or
Remove are not there (displayed for newly installed items only). When I
goto
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<Program
Name> Only newly installed programs are listed.

Does anybody know a single way to rebuild the Add or Remove program list to
re-enable the remove option?

Many thanks

Ian

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Does anybody know a single way to rebuild the Add or Remove program list to
re-enable the remove option?

Only option is to rebuild the listing is to rollback the system using System Restore (to a date when the A/Remove listing were present). Or, if you have backed up the registry earlier, you can restore it.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello,

I wonder if anybody can assist me. In the last two weeks my laptop (Windows
XP SP2) has prevented me from removing any programs via the Add / Remove
Programs Control Panel icon. When I select an item the options to Change or
Remove are not there (displayed for newly installed items only). When I
goto
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<Program
Name> Only newly installed programs are listed.

Does anybody know a single way to rebuild the Add or Remove program list to
re-enable the remove option?

Many thanks

Ian

 

[Ian]

Thanks for the information. I rolled back but it has not re-instated the
items and I can not delete them. Now I'm confused!


re-enable the remove option?

Only option is to rebuild the listing is to rollback the system using System
Restore (to a date when the A/Remove listing were present). Or, if you have
backed up the registry earlier, you can restore it.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello,

I wonder if anybody can assist me. In the last two weeks my laptop (Windows
XP SP2) has prevented me from removing any programs via the Add / Remove
Programs Control Panel icon. When I select an item the options to Change or
Remove are not there (displayed for newly installed items only). When I
goto
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<Program
Name> Only newly installed programs are listed.

Does anybody know a single way to rebuild the Add or Remove program list to
re-enable the remove option?

Many thanks

Ian