Add or Remove Programs List doesn't look right

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CAD Fiend

When opening the "Add Or Remove Programs" dialog (under Control Panel),
there seems to be a problem with the way the dialog shows the listing of

all of the currently installed programs. What it is doing is showing a
very large blank area between the entries (starting at the end of the A
series), and then going many pages down to the rest of the A series.

Has anyone had this problem, and if so, how can I fix it?

TIA.
 
Wesley,

I went to the website link, read what it recomended, and when I went into
the registry under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{}
the window next to the "Uninstall" folder showed that under the "Data"
heading "Value Not Set". Should there be a value set there?

I am confused also, where it says on the website "This is generally due to
the DisplayIcon having a negative number. From here you can either remove
the negative number or remove the last application listed"

I looked at the last entry and it shows a valid application that I use a
lot. The listing appears to be alphabetical, so I don't know what the
author means. Can you please elaborate on that as well?

TIA.

Phil
 
AutoCAD is the usual culprit. I have AutoCAD LT 2000i

My key...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5783
F2D7-0065-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}
Value Name: DisplayIcon
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2000i\aclt.exe,-1

Notice the -1 at the end of the Vaue Data above? That is what apparently
causes the problem with the big white space in Add or Remove Programs.

Click on either or both of these to download and run an automated edit to
fix the problem. They both install new icons and add apropriate entries in
the registry to fix the problem.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/autocadaddremovefix.zip

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/autodesk-landdesktop3-addremovefix.zip

Although it has been my experience that I have to run the edits (one or the
other, I never remember which) again after I either add or remove programs.
The white space just shows up again.
 
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