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Mary
Sorry for reposting this- I'm having trouble with
add/remove program. This is the chain of what has been
going on - Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks
for those who have been helping.
remove programs feature (i can install programs, but i
can't get into the "add/remove" program to uninstall).
I have also had other problems being denied access to
new documents. I am the only user and am the
administrator, no network etc. Any ideas?
Reply:
Mary,
What is the specific message you're getting, if any? If
its along the lines of "you don't have access.......
contact your Administrator", this may be a simple
Registry edit.
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Policies\Uninstall
Look in the right pane for a value called
NoAddRemovePrograms. If the value exists, it should be
set to 0 (zero). If not, double click this value and
change it. If it doesn't exist, right click in a blank
area of the right pane and select, New, DWord value.
Name it NoAddRemovePrograms and leave it set at 0.
If you're getting a different error message, post back
with the exact details.
Subject: Re: no access to add/remove
From: "Mary" <[email protected]>
Sent: 1/31/2004 3:17:58 PM
I have gotten that type of message for other things on
many occasions (trying to access documents, windows media
player etc.) However with the add/remove program, I do
not get any error message, it seems to "ignore" me when I
click the link- no response at all. I have tried to go to
Windows Help and access the program from there, but it
gives me the message: "The operating system could not
start this program. This may happen if: your computer is
on a network, you need to install hardware...." with
several other generic possibilities.
Also, even though it doesnt give me the error message you
suggested, I checked the registry editor - In the
policies folder there is no uninstall, only an "explorer"
folder. Don't know if that is relevant.
add/remove program. This is the chain of what has been
going on - Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks
for those who have been helping.
message After reinstalling XP, I haven't had access to my add
remove programs feature (i can install programs, but i
can't get into the "add/remove" program to uninstall).
I have also had other problems being denied access to
new documents. I am the only user and am the
administrator, no network etc. Any ideas?
Reply:
Mary,
What is the specific message you're getting, if any? If
its along the lines of "you don't have access.......
contact your Administrator", this may be a simple
Registry edit.
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Policies\Uninstall
Look in the right pane for a value called
NoAddRemovePrograms. If the value exists, it should be
set to 0 (zero). If not, double click this value and
change it. If it doesn't exist, right click in a blank
area of the right pane and select, New, DWord value.
Name it NoAddRemovePrograms and leave it set at 0.
If you're getting a different error message, post back
with the exact details.
Subject: Re: no access to add/remove
From: "Mary" <[email protected]>
Sent: 1/31/2004 3:17:58 PM
I have gotten that type of message for other things on
many occasions (trying to access documents, windows media
player etc.) However with the add/remove program, I do
not get any error message, it seems to "ignore" me when I
click the link- no response at all. I have tried to go to
Windows Help and access the program from there, but it
gives me the message: "The operating system could not
start this program. This may happen if: your computer is
on a network, you need to install hardware...." with
several other generic possibilities.
Also, even though it doesnt give me the error message you
suggested, I checked the registry editor - In the
policies folder there is no uninstall, only an "explorer"
folder. Don't know if that is relevant.