Add Remove Program List Problem

[Jim Rickenbacker]

I have a very strange situation here. When I go to the Add or Remove
Programs list in Control Panel it shows only 12 programs when sorted by
name. The rest of the list is blank. When I sort by size, it shows a
different 12 programs. When I sort by Frequency of Use it shows 41 programs
and when I sort by Date Last Used it shows 51. Fifty one programs is
probably close to right.

This is Win XP Pro with all current Microsoft updates. AVG and Ad-Aware say
it's virus and adware free,. Except for the Add Remove Program issue, this
install has been problem free. Any help appreciated.

Jim

 

[Guest]

Kelly's Korner is an MVP site with a reg file to run that will fix that.

see Line 226 Right
Remove The White Space from Add Remove:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Jim Rickenbacker]

Thanks Mark. That did the trick. There was a ,-1 at the end of the
DisplayIcon data for a single program just as described. Removing the ,-1
fixed all the display problems.

Jim Rickenbacker

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Jim,

Do you have AutoCad installed? If that's the case, see this thread for a solution.
http://groups.google.co.in/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/3632fda54259d28e?hl=en&

If not, then download the script below and run it. Post the results here. This script lists all the negative icon references present in the registry, and creates a log file for troubleshooting.

Script
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/ARPNegCheck.vbs
(Lists all negative icon references in Add/Remove)

Technical details at
The Old New Thing : Why does Add or Remove Programs show a large blank space?:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/05/26/422076.aspx


--
Regards,

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


I have a very strange situation here. When I go to the Add or Remove
Programs list in Control Panel it shows only 12 programs when sorted by
name. The rest of the list is blank. When I sort by size, it shows a
different 12 programs. When I sort by Frequency of Use it shows 41 programs
and when I sort by Date Last Used it shows 51. Fifty one programs is
probably close to right.

This is Win XP Pro with all current Microsoft updates. AVG and Ad-Aware say
it's virus and adware free,. Except for the Add Remove Program issue, this
install has been problem free. Any help appreciated.

Jim