Control Panel. Add or Remove programs. Huge space has appeared in display. Is there a fix?

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Win XP Home SP2 and all updates.

When I use this facility to uninstall I find a huge space between the
windows updates and the last few items begining X to Z.

I don't know when this happened or why. I don't really know what question to
ask on google to get an answer.

Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

TIA

Jumbo
 
Jumbo,

The problem occurs when the last one before the white space has an error
(incorrect icon path). So you need to go into the registry to adjust it:

Registry Key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Look for the last Add/Remove entry before the white space & you'll probably
see the DisplayIcon is a negative value.

Edit the string & remove the negative number & that should have worked

How to open the registry:

Click START | RUN
Type regedit & click OK
Navigate to the unistall registry key above & look through the subkey.
DisplayIcon will be in the right pane

Note:

Please backup any registry key before altering it by using REGISTRY menu
& click Export Registry Key...

Hope this helps,
 
Newbie Coder said:
Jumbo,

The problem occurs when the last one before the white space has an error
(incorrect icon path). So you need to go into the registry to adjust it:

Registry Key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Look for the last Add/Remove entry before the white space & you'll
probably
see the DisplayIcon is a negative value.

Edit the string & remove the negative number & that should have worked

How to open the registry:

Click START | RUN
Type regedit & click OK
Navigate to the unistall registry key above & look through the subkey.
DisplayIcon will be in the right pane

Note:

Please backup any registry key before altering it by using REGISTRY
menu
& click Export Registry Key...

Hope this helps,

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)



Jumbo said:
Win XP Home SP2 and all updates.

When I use this facility to uninstall I find a huge space between the
windows updates and the last few items begining X to Z.

I don't know when this happened or why. I don't really know what question to
ask on google to get an answer.

Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

TIA

Jumbo
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Much obliged.

Jumbo
Silver Surfer
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I spoke too soon. The last item does not have a negative number, just the
path.

Jumbo

Newbie Coder said:
Jumbo,

The problem occurs when the last one before the white space has an error
(incorrect icon path). So you need to go into the registry to adjust it:

Registry Key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Look for the last Add/Remove entry before the white space & you'll
probably
see the DisplayIcon is a negative value.

Edit the string & remove the negative number & that should have worked

How to open the registry:

Click START | RUN
Type regedit & click OK
Navigate to the unistall registry key above & look through the subkey.
DisplayIcon will be in the right pane

Note:

Please backup any registry key before altering it by using REGISTRY
menu
& click Export Registry Key...

Hope this helps,
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Jumbo,

Check for one (DefaultIcon) with a minus number at the end:

Example:

C:\MyPath\MyDLL.dll -1
or

C:\MyPath\MyDLL.dll, -1

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)



Jumbo said:
I spoke too soon. The last item does not have a negative number, just the
path.

Jumbo
Click to expand...
 
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