Add or Remove Programs has lots of White Space

[Guest]

MS Windows Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519:Service Pack2) XP
Professional completely updated running Norton Anti-virus

I open Add or Remove Programs.

Only a few programs appear. They all begin with the letter a, like Adobe.

I notice the right scroll button is very small.

I start scrolling down the window. I scroll for a very long way. There are
no programs listed. When I get almost to the bottom, I see the rest of the
programs - those that begin with the letters b through z.

This occurs when I select from the Control Panel or run appwiz.cpl.

How can I eliminate the space between the program names in Add or Remove
Programs?

Thanks.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Courtesy of Kelly
Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP-Shell/User
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

Add or Remove - White Space
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm#ws

[[This is generally due to the DisplayIcon having a negative number. From
here you can either remove the negative number or remove the last
application listed:
Start/Run/Regedit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{} ]]

AutoCad Fix
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/autocadaddremovefix.zip

Autodesk Land Desktop 3 Fix
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/autodesk-landdesktop3-addremovefix.zip

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I have AutoCAD LT 2000i. The white space in Add or Remove Programs usually
shows up after the AutoCAD LT 2000i listing. If you want to tweak the
registry...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
{5783F2D7-0065-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}
Value Name: DisplayIcon
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2000i\aclt.exe,-1

Notice the aclt.exe,-1?? You can change it to read aclt.exe,1

Or you can run one of the fixes. I have both autocadaddremovefix.zip &
autodesk-landdesktop3-addremovefix.zip. They both include icons.
autocadaddremovefix.vbs is the one that works for me. It's easier to use
the fix than changing the -1.

I get the white space in Add or Remove Programs every time that I add or
remove a program. It isn't always AutoCAD LT that has the white space after
it, sometimes it's another program. At any rate, one of the fixes will
work. Until the next time. ;-)

autocadaddremovefix.vbs adds an autocad.ico icon to the %systemroot%\web
folder. It also adds this to the registry >>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
{5783F2D7-0101-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}
Value Name: DisplayIcon
Value Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value Data: %systemroot%\web\autocad.ico

autodesk-landdesktop3-addremovefix.vbs adds an acad.ico icon to the
%systemroot%\web folder. It also adds this to the registry >>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
{5783F2D7-0138-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}
Value Name: DisplayIcon
Value Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value Data: %systemroot%\web\acad.ico
-----
***
From snowman...
AutoCAD 2002 is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
{5783F2D7-0101-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}
-----
***
From anonymous poster...

One application causes the problem for me. I just removed the reference to
that program in regedit and the black spot dissapeared.


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Wesley,

I manually changed the -1 to a 1 in the registry entry and that removed the
white space.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
{5783F2D7-0065-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}
Value Name: DisplayIcon
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2000i\aclt.exe,-1

Notice the aclt.exe,-1?? You can change it to read aclt.exe,1

Thank you very much.
Wayne

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Wayne,

Just to let you know that the problem will happen again. At least you know
how to put a band-aid on it.

Keep having fun.

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

I have the same problem, but I don't have AutoCad. Is there another way to
determine which entry (among many) that have a -1 in the image?
- Bruce

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Add or Remove - ARPNegCheck Script

From...
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

[[Here is a script which lists all the negative icon references and sends
them
to a log file
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/ARPNegCheck.vbs

When you run ARPNegCheck.vbs it places NegativeIcons.txt on your Desktop.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

If I find a negative number, should I change them all to 1? Yahoo! seems to
have some that are negative numbers and some other programs have negative
numbers as well.
- Bruce

Add or Remove - ARPNegCheck Script

From...
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

[[Here is a script which lists all the negative icon references and sends
them
to a log file
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/ARPNegCheck.vbs

When you run ARPNegCheck.vbs it places NegativeIcons.txt on your Desktop.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I have the same problem, but I don't have AutoCad. Is there another way
to determine which entry (among many) that have a -1 in the image?
- Bruce