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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Basics / June 2005Problem with Control Panel Add/Remove option
Half way down the list of programs to remove it starts a black vertical line that seems to last forever, then is changes to 2 lines, the 3. I can scroll for a while, and then the rest of my programs show. When I click on the black lines it highlights blue, but it does not give me an option to do anything with it. What can it be and how can I fix it? Thanks! >Half way down the list of programs to remove it starts a black vertical >line that seems to last forever, then is changes to 2 lines, the 3. There is an invalid entry in the Registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall, where the data for this list is stored. The invalid entry usually is the next one after the one that is displayed before the list is interrupted.  Signature(tm) ICQ: 192649233 Still no luck. I uninstalled the program above and below the lines and then made sure the registry keys were deleted. Why would you uninstall anything. Export the registry key and post here. Type regedit in Start Run HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html > Still no luck. I uninstalled the program above and below the lines and > then made sure the registry keys were deleted. The symptoms are a little bit different. For -1 there is a white space that is selectable, as the white space is the space Add/Remove thinks the icon is (it thinks it's really big). Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html > > >Half way down the list of programs to remove it starts a black vertical [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > the next one after the one that is displayed before the list is > interrupted. I have exported it. I opened it with Word and it is 45 pages long, do you want me copy and past it here? I figured that if I un-installed the program it would take it way from the registry. After un-installing them I deleted the remaining folders in the register, then I ran a registry cleaner. Another website suggested a negative value for the icon, I check all of them within the uninstall folder. All the ones that had it icons listed did not have values at all, just a file name. There were two or three that listed nothing under the icon section. I know a little about editing the registry, but I would not do anything without someone telling me to do so, and making a backup. There is a problem where -1 is used for an icon index. Positive and zero numbers mean the nth icon in a file (0 being the first icon, 1 is the second, ..., n is the nth + 1), Negative numbers, except for -1, is the resource ID of the icon (the number the programmer gave it when s/he refers to it - if they want to display an icon with a resource ID of 1025 they specify -1025). -1 is the total number of icons in the file. So instead of getting a valid handle to an icon it gets a number which is an invalid icon (or a random icon if you fluke it). The icon parameter in Add/Remove is optional as Windows will guess the icon if you omit it, but may guess wrong. The only entries one needs is Uninstall String and Display String - Windows guesses all other values. However your symptoms are a bit different. If -1 is used it's just a big blank icon that forces the text that is normally to the right of the icon to wrap below the space reserved for it. But it is WHITE and selectable. email the file to david at mvps.org Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html > I figured that if I un-installed the program it would take it way from > the registry. After un-installing them I deleted the remaining folders [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > about editing the registry, but I would not do anything > without someone telling me to do so, and making a backup. I also need this key as well HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products And also some idea of what is above/below the black space. But I'm going to sleep now. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html There is a problem where -1 is used for an icon index. Positive and zero numbers mean the nth icon in a file (0 being the first icon, 1 is the second, ..., n is the nth + 1), Negative numbers, except for -1, is the resource ID of the icon (the number the programmer gave it when s/he refers to it - if they want to display an icon with a resource ID of 1025 they specify -1025). -1 is the total number of icons in the file. So instead of getting a valid handle to an icon it gets a number which is an invalid icon (or a random icon if you fluke it). The icon parameter in Add/Remove is optional as Windows will guess the icon if you omit it, but may guess wrong. The only entries one needs is Uninstall String and Display String - Windows guesses all other values. However your symptoms are a bit different. If -1 is used it's just a big blank icon that forces the text that is normally to the right of the icon to wrap below the space reserved for it. But it is WHITE and selectable. email the file to david at mvps.org Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html ================================================<navygin21@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1118443037.505161.101070@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > I figured that if I un-installed the program it would take it way from > the registry. After un-installing them I deleted the remaining folders [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > about editing the registry, but I would not do anything > without someone telling me to do so, and making a backup. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products and this one. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html I also need this key as well HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products And also some idea of what is above/below the black space. But I'm going to sleep now. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html ================================================"David Candy" <.> wrote in message news:#Q9mPEhbFHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... There is a problem where -1 is used for an icon index. Positive and zero numbers mean the nth icon in a file (0 being the first icon, 1 is the second, ..., n is the nth + 1), Negative numbers, except for -1, is the resource ID of the icon (the number the programmer gave it when s/he refers to it - if they want to display an icon with a resource ID of 1025 they specify -1025). -1 is the total number of icons in the file. So instead of getting a valid handle to an icon it gets a number which is an invalid icon (or a random icon if you fluke it). The icon parameter in Add/Remove is optional as Windows will guess the icon if you omit it, but may guess wrong. The only entries one needs is Uninstall String and Display String - Windows guesses all other values. However your symptoms are a bit different. If -1 is used it's just a big blank icon that forces the text that is normally to the right of the icon to wrap below the space reserved for it. But it is WHITE and selectable. email the file to david at mvps.org -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html ================================================<navygin21@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1118443037.505161.101070@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > I figured that if I un-installed the program it would take it way from > the registry. After un-installing them I deleted the remaining folders [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > about editing the registry, but I would not do anything > without someone telling me to do so, and making a backup. Ok. I made my registry exactly the same as yours. I don't see the problem. Everything is perfect. This has fixed it for one person last week (from Ramesh). Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Management\ARPCache (it will be rebuilt from the other keys we've discussed here and via mail next time you open Add/Remove). Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products and this one. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html ================================================"David Candy" <.> wrote in message news:ObJGxdhbFHA.2984@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... I also need this key as well HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products And also some idea of what is above/below the black space. But I'm going to sleep now. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html ================================================"David Candy" <.> wrote in message news:#Q9mPEhbFHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... There is a problem where -1 is used for an icon index. Positive and zero numbers mean the nth icon in a file (0 being the first icon, 1 is the second, ..., n is the nth + 1), Negative numbers, except for -1, is the resource ID of the icon (the number the programmer gave it when s/he refers to it - if they want to display an icon with a resource ID of 1025 they specify -1025). -1 is the total number of icons in the file. So instead of getting a valid handle to an icon it gets a number which is an invalid icon (or a random icon if you fluke it). The icon parameter in Add/Remove is optional as Windows will guess the icon if you omit it, but may guess wrong. The only entries one needs is Uninstall String and Display String - Windows guesses all other values. However your symptoms are a bit different. If -1 is used it's just a big blank icon that forces the text that is normally to the right of the icon to wrap below the space reserved for it. But it is WHITE and selectable. email the file to david at mvps.org -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html ================================================<navygin21@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1118443037.505161.101070@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > I figured that if I un-installed the program it would take it way from > the registry. After un-installing them I deleted the remaining folders [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > about editing the registry, but I would not do anything > without someone telling me to do so, and making a backup. Still no luck. Since everything looks fine I guess I should do a fresh install of Windows. Thanks for looking into it for me. Wouldn't it be easier to ignore it. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html > Still no luck. Since everything looks fine I guess I should do a fresh > install of Windows. Thanks for looking into it for me. If this is an icon problem, I remember something from earlier versions of windows there was a file you could delete and it would be rebuilt. Seems like it was called ShellIconCache or something like that. Is that type of solution no longer workable in WinXP? Clark Wouldn't it be easier to ignore it. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html ================================================= <navygin21@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1118511542.373238.276580@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Still no luck. Since everything looks fine I guess I should do a fresh > install of Windows. Thanks for looking into it for me. C:\Documents and Settings\David Candy\Local Settings\Application Data\IconCache.db Is XP's equiv. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html > If this is an icon problem, I remember something from earlier versions of > windows there was a file you could delete and it would be rebuilt. Seems [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Still no luck. Since everything looks fine I guess I should do a fresh > > install of Windows. Thanks for looking into it for me. I beleive you mean the shell file that would appear on the desktop That is not the same -- PCDaddyPosted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup acces David: I could ignore, but not to sound too anal, it is something that would always bother me. I like my computer to be squared away, everything to be the way it is supposed to be. I do appreciate you looking into it for me. I tried to call my tech support, but apparently it does not cover software. Clark: That didnt help either, but it never rebuilt itself. Instead of reinstalling Windows, I started to go through and delete one program at a time and I finally figured it out. It was a program called ringtone ripper. It was not showing up the add/remove program list but it was listed on the registry to be shown on the add/remove program. So I just went through the registry and deleted everything associated with ringtone ripper and it fixed the problem. Thanks for all your help. |
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