Display Problem in my "Add or Remove Programs" list

[Jim]

As I scroll through my "Add or Remove Programs" list, everything appears
normal until I get to a certain point half way down the list.

Suddenly, a series of vertical bars appear in the window, nothing else. As I
continue to scroll down to the bottom of the window, the bars suddenly
disappear and everything appears normal. Never seen anything like this,
what's going on, how can I fix it?

TIA

 

[Richie Hardwick]

As I scroll through my "Add or Remove Programs" list, everything appears
normal until I get to a certain point half way down the list.

Suddenly, a series of vertical bars appear in the window, nothing else. As I
continue to scroll down to the bottom of the window, the bars suddenly
disappear and everything appears normal. Never seen anything like this,
what's going on, how can I fix it?

http://www.google.com/search?q=xp+a...avclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS284US284

Richie Hardwick

 

[ju.c]

"The gap is caused by a badly formatted "DisplayIcon" entry in the uninstall area of the
registry or a bad icon file."

Remove Whitespace From Add or Remove Programs
Info: http://www.christensen-software.com/freesoftware/cleanup_add_remove_progra.htm
Download: http://www.christensen-software.com/freeware/RemoveWhitespaceFromAddRemovePrograms.exe


ju.c

 

[Jim]

Thanks fellows, I will give these suggestions a try.

Jim

 

[Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]

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