Add/Remove Programs applet

[John]

Upon opening the Add/Remove Programs applet, I receive the
following message:

An unexpected error occurred.

Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assigment
res://sp3res.dl/default.hta
Line: 84

I noticed that the end-user had apparently agreed to
download a spyware application offered by Gain Publishing,
and there were several Gator-related programs installed,
such as Date Manager and Precision Time.

I successfully installed all the Gator apps, but I still
receive this message. What should I do?

Thank you,

John

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Upon opening the Add/Remove Programs applet, I receive the
following message:

An unexpected error occurred.

Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assigment
res://sp3res.dl/default.hta
Line: 84

Hi

From the "Run" box try

regsvr32 %windir%\system32\appwiz.cpl

and
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\webvw.dll

and
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\mshtml.dll


If this doesn't help, in the German newsgroup, one person fixed the
same type of error by reinstalling IE
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

and

Add/Remove Programs Tool Displays Installed Programs Incorrectly
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;266668

The article above also tells you how to repair Internet Explorer 6.0


See tip 6032 at http://www.jsiinc.com/reghack.htm as well

If this doesn't help, try to reinstall the OS service pack you already have
installed (or install a newer one if possible).


If the problem persists, you'll could do an in-place upgrade of the OS and see
if it helps:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;292175