Missing Uninstall button in Window Vista

[Guest]

I am trying to uninstall a program in Window Vista home Premium. I goto:

Control Panel -> Uninstall a program

It indicates "To uninstall a program, select it from the list then click
"Uninstall", .." But I don't see any "Uninstall" button there. I believe I
saw it before, but not its gone. Please help. Thanx.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Feifei

You should see a command bar at the top of the programs list in that window
with Organize / View / Uninstall. The uninstall button only appears when you
click a program in the list.

If you don't see this bar, click the program you want to uninstall and then
press the ALT key. This should force the old style menu bar to appear at the
top of the window. Click File and Uninstall should appear there.

 

[Rock]

Nice tip, Ronnie, I never looked there (though I have the menu bar
activated). Someone else posted recently where uninstall didn't appear for
any program even when clicking on a program. I wonder if this would have
worked for them? Thanks.

 

[huwyngr]

The uninstall button only appears when you 
click a program in the list.

I noticed yesterday when uninstalling an earlier version of an HP
utility.

It says if you want to "uninstall, change or repair" In my case only
Uninstall came up when highlighting the particular action -- what
determines if the others appear? The way the utility programmer wrote
the install / uninstall routine?

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

I noticed yesterday when uninstalling an earlier version of an HP
utility.

It says if you want to "uninstall, change or repair" In my case only
Uninstall came up when highlighting the particular action -- what
determines if the others appear? The way the utility programmer wrote
the install / uninstall routine?

Yes. Usually if it appears in that list then there is at least an uninstall
for the program. Some will appear with other options like change or repair.

 

[Guest]

Ronnie,

I followed your instruction and I still couldn't find the uninstall button.
Something has really gone wrong here. I click on many programs in the list,
and the uninstall button just doesn't show up in the command bar no matter
which program I select.

Furthermore, I press the ATL key, and the uninstall doesn't show up under
File. When I click File, all I see are:

Create Shortcut,
Delete
Rename
Properties
Close

Oh this is so frustrating. I spent over 2 hours just to look for the
uninstall button.

Feifei

 

[Cal Bear '66]

How about when you right click on the program, does Uninstall then show up?

 

[huwyngr]

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Nope, nothing shows up when I right click on it.

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem. It started after the last update. I am doing to
reverse the last update and see if the uninstall button comes back. I will
let you know... wish me luck!

 

[Guest]

I am having the same problem and think it is because of the last update that
I installed. I tried to restore to a point before that and it was
unsuccessful. I dont know what to do now. I tried all the solutions given
here like feifei did and to no avail. I need serious help!

 

[Rock]

I have the same problem. It started after the last update. I am doing to
reverse the last update and see if the uninstall button comes back. I will
let you know... wish me luck!

Ok, post back with the outcome, and if it does restore the uninstall option
specify what update it was.

 

[Guest]

I did and posted... see my other post

I dont know what to do! HELP!!!

 

[Guest]

Iam having the same identical problem and was 3 hours on the phone with a
Dell representative and still no fix.
Please let me know if there is a soulution???
Thanks
Bruce

 

[Guest]

You're not alone with this problem! It just happened to me as well. I'm
guessing within the last week or so. Anybody have a registry fix for this
issue? I'd assume it would be a registry fix...

 

[Rock]

You're not alone with this problem! It just happened to me as well. I'm
guessing within the last week or so. Anybody have a registry fix for this
issue? I'd assume it would be a registry fix...

Rich, can you correlate it's appearance with anything? Windows updates,
software installs, hardware installs, driver updates, etc? Have you tried a
system restore to when the problem wasn't present?

 

[Guest]

Yes didnt seem to work..

Rich, can you correlate it's appearance with anything? Windows updates,
software installs, hardware installs, driver updates, etc? Have you tried a
system restore to when the problem wasn't present?

 

[UnswoleLilDude]

The uninstall button will only appear when a program is selected. You can
still right-click the program and select uninstall if it doesn't show up.

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[Rock]

Yes didnt seem to work..

Yeah this one is a pain. AFAIK, there hasn't been any specific correlation
as to the cause of this problem. I use Acronis True Image version 10 (or
Complete PC Backup in Business, Enterprise and Ultimate) to image the system
to an external drive. That way if something causes a problem you can't fix,
restore the most recent image. At least you're backup running in an hour or
so.

 

[Guest]

I have just noticed that I am having the same problem and I have tried all
the solutions given here with now luck. However my one has a twist, I just
installed a new program about 10 minutes back and it has the uninstall option
when I click on it. Also it seems that not all my installed programmes are
even listed here as well. I had no problems up until yesterday as I can
recall 21st June 2007.