Lost Add and Remove Programs from Control Panel

[Ernie]

My XP Home Edition works fine except that the Add and
Remove Programs can't be accessed. All other control
panel function work fine. When Add and Remove Programs
icon is clicked, there is no hour glass and nothing
happens. Help!!! Ernie

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Expand a new appwiz.cpl file. Start/run msconfig, click on "expand file"
(general tab)

File to expand: appwiz.cpl
From: X:\I386
To: %windir%\system32

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive (you need your WinXP CD
for this), change it accordingly. If your system was preinstalled, you may
find this instead on the hard drive under C:\Windows\I386. If so, change the
"from" line accordingly. Reboot when finished.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone