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danny giguere - 23 Oct 2006 04:19 GMT

I have a brand new laptop with XP installed on it. I am new to XP as I was
using 98SE before. When I got my new Dell, they had installed Adobe reader,
etc. and I could see them as installed in the Control Panel Add-Delete
programs.

So to my surprise days later when I installed Office 2003, everything was
fine but, somehow, the Office program does not appear in the Control Panel
Add-Delete Programs.They do appear in List- all programs but not in tne
Contreol Panel. Why?? And they seem to work fine. The same thing happened
with all applications i did installed on the laptop. I am confused.

Danny

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Ayush - 23 Oct 2006 07:46 GMT

All program not listed in Add/Remove programs:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q240348/

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giguere56@hotmail.com - 29 Oct 2006 23:51 GMT

Thanks for the reply.

However, when I looked up the KB link you sent me, it pertains to these
products:

·    Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
·    Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
·    Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
·    Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

and not Windows XP It also says:

"CAUSE
This behavior occurs if a program's DisplayName or uninstall key name
is longer than 63 characters."

but AutoCad and Microsoft Office 2003 are fewer than 63 characters!!!

Any more thoughts????

Thanks

Danny Giguere

> All program not listed in Add/Remove programs:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q240348/
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NewScience - 30 Oct 2006 01:44 GMT

Check the Uninstall key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Look for the AutoCad key and see (when you click on the name), if the
DefaultIcon value in the right panel has a negative number in it.

Thanks for the reply.

However, when I looked up the KB link you sent me, it pertains to these
products:

· Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
· Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
· Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
· Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

and not Windows XP It also says:

"CAUSE
This behavior occurs if a program's DisplayName or uninstall key name
is longer than 63 characters."

but AutoCad and Microsoft Office 2003 are fewer than 63 characters!!!

Any more thoughts????

Thanks

Danny Giguere

Ayush wrote:

> All program not listed in Add/Remove programs:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q240348/
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