Control Panel Error (Add/Remove Programs)

[Hari]

Hello,

I am getting the following error whenever I try to open theAdd/Remove
Programs in Control Panel. Can someone please help me out.

An unexpected error occured.

Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment

res://appwiz.cpl/default.hta

Line: 77



Thanks,

Hari

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I am getting the following error whenever I try to open theAdd/Remove
Programs in Control Panel. Can someone please help me out.

An unexpected error occured.

Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment

res://appwiz.cpl/default.hta

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

 

[Hari]

Instead of registering or updating the registry manuall as the support link
suggests , is there a patch to download, which can be run on the
machine to fix this . I am quite skeptical about editing the registry and
registering individual dlls.
- Hari

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Instead of registering or updating the registry manuall as the support link
suggests , is there a patch to download, which can be run on the
machine to fix this . I am quite skeptical about editing the registry and
registering individual dlls.

Hi

Re-registering those three dlls are quite harmless...