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
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From snowman...
AutoCAD 2002 is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
{5783F2D7-0101-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}
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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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Here is a script which lists all the negative icon references and sends them
to a log file.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/
ARPNegCheck.vbs
Lists all negative icon references in Add/Remove
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/ARPNegCheck.vbs
From...
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
Dowload the script. Run it by double clicking ARPNegCheck.vbs.
NegativeIcons.txt will be saved to your Desktop.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In
C. Moore said:
I posted this a few minutes ago in the wrong place so here goes again. If
this Newsgroup is the wrong place, please let me know.
Running XP Home on a Toshiba Notebook. When machine arrived, all was well.
Spent a period of time adding my programs and deleteing the "sales pitch"
demo programs that they loaded on the hard drive.
Suddenly, when I go to Add/Remove Programs in the control panel, the Sort
By window in Name mode shows only three programs that start with "A", by
size shows only two large programs, and the used ones show a lot more but
I don't know if all are shown.
What happened and how do I fix it?
I called Toshiba support and they first said to reload the operating
system and then said I had a virus. (McAfee full scan showed no viruses.)
Thnaks for any help.
C. Moore
