Afshin
Sat Jul 12 01:13:46 CDT 2003
I fixed the problem the way you said Alan and it worked
both ways, ie, my windows started to add newly installed
programs to the "Add/Remove Software Tool" list, and the
name of the previously missing programs on the list just
showed up after I renamed a very long key and a value in
registry as you had mentioned to me.
Thanks Alan. You're my man!
Afshin
>-----Original Message-----
>Both 1) and 2) may be possible, though 2) may require
some luck and
>persistence.
>
>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\CurrentVersi
on\Uninstall\1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456
789012345678901234]
>
>2. The DisplayName for the key is greater than 63
characters.
>Solution: Shorten DisplayName
>e.g. this is invalid
>"DisplayName"="1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
456789012345678901234"
>
>If you need a second opinion, export the key to a text
file and email
>it to me.
>
>*** Note that the invalid entry that can cause this is
not necessarily
>connected with the ones missing so you must check all
entries.
>
>.....Alan
>
>Alan Edwards MS MVP W95/98 Systems
>
>In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Afshin Arya"
><aafshin@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>For some reason my windows stopped keeping track of
newly
>>installed programs! As a result, I am not able to
>>remove/uninstall many of unneeded programs from my
>>computer - they do not show up in the Add/Remove
programs
>>window and they do not have an uninstaller file
themselves
>>either.
>>Does anyone out there know 1) How to make windows start
>>keeping track of programs when they are being installed?
>>2) Is there any way I can retrieve uninstallation data
for
>>the programs which already have been installed?
>
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