Nothing displayed in add\remove programs

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I was going to remove a program using the add\remove programs tool, and the
icon was gone, I extracted the file Appwiz.cpl from the cd,It was missing
from c:\windows\system32, now I have the icon and can open add\remove program
tool but there is nothinging in it, its like there are no programs installed.
I have checked the reg. for the these enteries;
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Uninstall]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Uninstall]
They were not there so I added them along with the following;
NoAddRemovePrograms REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
NoRemovePage REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
NoAddPage REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
NoWindowsSetupPage REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
NoAddFromCDorFloppy REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
NoAddFromInternet REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
NoAddFromNetwork REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
NoServices REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
NoSupportInfo
Except I changed the ones to zeros, rebooted this did not help.
I have purged the cache and ran sfc scannow, nothing worked. I sure can use
some help with this issue. Thank You

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Sammy,

See if this command helps, from Start-Run:

regsvr32 appwiz.cpl

-and-

Add/Remove Programs tool displays installed programs incorrectly:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=266668

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

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