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Lisha C - 27 May 2005 06:23 GMT

add/remove programs installed windows components not showing up ever time i
click the button it goes through with no errors so im not sure what the
problems is but it comes up and no windows installed programs ever come up.

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Jack E Martinelli - 27 May 2005 14:22 GMT

All Installed Programs May Not Be Displayed in the Add/Remove Programs Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q240/3/48.asp

I have fixed several of these recently for others.
The problem will occur in these two situations:

1. The uninstall keyname for an application is greater than 63 characters.
Solution: Rename the keyname.
e.g., this is invalid
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\1234
567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234]

2. The DisplayName for the key is greater than 63 characters.
Solution: Shorten the DisplayName
e.g., this is invalid
"DisplayName"="1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901
234"

*** Note that the invalid entry that can cause this is not necessarily
connected with the ones missing so you must check all entries.

Alan Edwards MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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> add/remove programs installed windows components not showing up ever time i
> click the button it goes through with no errors so im not sure what the
> problems is but it comes up and no windows installed programs ever come up.

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Mike M - 27 May 2005 14:31 GMT

Is it the list of installed programs that is empty (Install/Uninstall tab)
or the windows components (Windows Setup tab)?

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> add/remove programs installed windows components not showing up ever
> time i click the button it goes through with no errors so im not sure
> what the problems is but it comes up and no windows installed
> programs ever come up.

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