Add Remove problem

[Bennett Marco]

Twayne,

You said,

"Then you might know that you could get out of this rather quickly if you
had a good backup strategy in place? Seriously."

I do have an external clone as a backup. The bad news is that I didn't
realize I had the add/remove problem prior to making my last clone backup.
Therefore my backup copy contains the same add/remove problem as my active
"C" drive.

Now you see one of the drawbacks of using a clone for your backup.

It's better to use imaging, and to keep several versions over time to
cover a situation like that.

 

[Bill in Co.]

Now you see one of the drawbacks of using a clone for your backup.

It's better to use imaging, and to keep several versions over time to
cover a situation like that.

And we call those generational copies, I think. VERY handy.

 

[Bennett Marco]

And we call those generational copies, I think. VERY handy.

You might call the that... I don't.

 

[Jose]

My Add Remove list has just recently developed a problem wherein there isa
huge amount of black, blank space between the first part of the list and the
bottom of the list.  I have googled the problem and found it described in
several listings but have not found a successful fix for it.  Any help would
be appreciated.

XP SP3
IE8
Intel duo 2.2
2gig memory

It may not be a DisplayIcon issue, but something along those lines
associated with the installed applications parameters.

Gotta figure out the application first!

 

[ju.c]

This program will fix the "Add or Remove Programs" whitespace
problem.

"The gap is caused by a badly formatted "DisplayIcon" entry in
the uninstall area of the registry or a bad icon file."

Remove Whitespace From Add or Remove Programs 32 KB (Freeware)
Info: http://www.christensen-software.com/freesoftware/cleanup_add_remove_progra.htm
Download: http://www.christensen-software.com/freeware/RemoveWhitespaceFromAddRemovePrograms.exe



ju.c

 

[Kelly]

White Space in Add or Remove.

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\{}

If your issue involves AutoCad, you can download the fix on line 226 (right
hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Not sure if there is an easier method, but this one also works:

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:
HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<P
rogram name>

In the right-pane, create a new REG SZ (String) value named
'DisplayIcon' and assign it's value to the full path where the program's
exe file resides. [example;; C:\Program Files\AIM95\aim.exe]

Restart Add/Remove, it should now take the Program.exe's 0th icon
resource.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm