Add/Remove Programs....?

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Got an anomaly…! In my Add/Remove Programs..
A Big black box appears as if its a program..!
(Put a few JPEGs on site.. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/willer/index.html )

And takes up 90% of the 'currently installed programs' box..!

Does not have Change/Remove button Visible.. So cant uninstall whatever it
is..?

Is there a way to manually remove it, or at least find out what it is..?

Tried Regclean and a few other utilities but no luck so far..!
 
Andrew said:
Got an anomaly.! In my Add/Remove Programs..
A Big black box appears as if its a program..!
(Put a few JPEGs on site..
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/willer/index.html )

And takes up 90% of the 'currently installed programs' box..!

Does not have Change/Remove button Visible.. So cant uninstall
whatever it is..?

Is there a way to manually remove it, or at least find out what it
is..?

Tried Regclean and a few other utilities but no luck so far..!
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Hi Andrew,
Scroll down to addremove-white space, I know yours is black but that doesn't
matter.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm
run the auto cad fix and reboot.
 
sorry no can do... No add/remove button..

in fact no information at all just big black block, even when selected.
can select program above and below to see their add/remove button, but none
for the black box..! Is it software from another dimension..?
 
You miss understand,go to the link I provided at kellys-korner once at this
link you will find a listing for add-remove and under that heading a
sub-listing for add-remove white space,there you will find two registry
fixes for your problem download them both and then run them,reboot
afterwards.;-)
 
Thanks for your help.. But Nope.. Still no go.
Interesting page though..bookmarked for further investigation.

The Scripts change..
...\Uninstall\{5783F2D7-0138-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}\DisplayIcon
...\Uninstall\{5783F2D7-0101-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}\DisplayIcon
havent got them (autocadadd & autodesk) on system.... so not in Reg..

is there anything from MS.. on the subject..?

| You miss understand,go to the link I provided at kellys-korner once at
this
| link you will find a listing for add-remove and under that heading a
| sub-listing for add-remove white space,there you will find two registry
| fixes for your problem download them both and then run them,reboot
| afterwards.;-)
|
|
| Andrew wrote:
| > sorry no can do... No add/remove button..
| >
| > in fact no information at all just big black block, even when
| > selected. can select program above and below to see their add/remove
| > button, but none for the black box..! Is it software from another
| > dimension..?
| >
| > "MAP" wrote:
| >
| >> Andrew wrote:
| >>> Got an anomaly.! In my Add/Remove Programs..
| >>> A Big black box appears as if its a program..!
| >>> (Put a few JPEGs on site..
| >>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/willer/index.html )
| >>>
| >>> And takes up 90% of the 'currently installed programs' box..!
| >>>
| >>> Does not have Change/Remove button Visible.. So cant uninstall
| >>> whatever it is..?
| >>>
| >>> Is there a way to manually remove it, or at least find out what it
| >>> is..?
| >>>
| >>> Tried Regclean and a few other utilities but no luck so far..!
| >>
| >> Hi Andrew,
| >> Scroll down to addremove-white space, I know yours is black but that
| >> doesn't matter.
| >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm
| >> run the auto cad fix and reboot.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Mike Pawlak
|
| --
| Mike Pawlak
|
|
 
havent got them (autocadadd & autodesk) on system.... so not in Reg
From what I have read here in these newsgroups these fixes should work, even
if you don't have autocad installed.

I also saw in another group that you posted in a responce from David Candy
that fix should have worked as well,you mught want to go back to his reply
and follow the steps once again who knows its possiable that you might have
missed something?Good Luck!
 
Add/Remove Programs entries with negative icon references
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

<-----Begin----->

None found....
* Where HKLM refers to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

<-----End----->

I'd Rather it found something...! Thanks for any assist Ramesh..!

| Here is a script which lists all the negative icon references and sends
them
| to a log file
| http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/ARPNegCheck.vbs
|
| Download the VBScript and run it. When you see the log file, copy the
| contents and paste them here.
|
| --
| Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
| Windows XP Shell/User
| http://windowsxp.mvps.org
|
|
| | > Thanks for your help.. But Nope.. Still no go.
| > Interesting page though..bookmarked for further investigation.
| >
| > The Scripts change..
| > ..\Uninstall\{5783F2D7-0138-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}\DisplayIcon
| > ..\Uninstall\{5783F2D7-0101-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}\DisplayIcon
| > havent got them (autocadadd & autodesk) on system.... so not in Reg..
| >
| > is there anything from MS.. on the subject..?
| >
| > | > | You miss understand,go to the link I provided at kellys-korner once at
| > this
| > | link you will find a listing for add-remove and under that heading a
| > | sub-listing for add-remove white space,there you will find two
registry
| > | fixes for your problem download them both and then run them,reboot
| > | afterwards.;-)
| > |
| > |
| > | Andrew wrote:
| > | > sorry no can do... No add/remove button..
| > | >
| > | > in fact no information at all just big black block, even when
| > | > selected. can select program above and below to see their add/remove
| > | > button, but none for the black box..! Is it software from another
| > | > dimension..?
| > | >
| > | > "MAP" wrote:
| > | >
| > | >> Andrew wrote:
| > | >>> Got an anomaly.! In my Add/Remove Programs..
| > | >>> A Big black box appears as if its a program..!
| > | >>> (Put a few JPEGs on site..
| > | >>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/willer/index.html )
| > | >>>
| > | >>> And takes up 90% of the 'currently installed programs' box..!
| > | >>>
| > | >>> Does not have Change/Remove button Visible.. So cant uninstall
| > | >>> whatever it is..?
| > | >>>
| > | >>> Is there a way to manually remove it, or at least find out what it
| > | >>> is..?
| > | >>>
| > | >>> Tried Regclean and a few other utilities but no luck so far..!
| > | >>
| > | >> Hi Andrew,
| > | >> Scroll down to addremove-white space, I know yours is black but
that
| > | >> doesn't matter.
| > | >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm
| > | >> run the auto cad fix and reboot.
| > | >>
| > | >> --
| > | >> Mike Pawlak
| > |
| > | --
| > | Mike Pawlak
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
 
Add/Remove Programs entries with negative icon references
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

<-----Begin----->

None found....
* Where HKLM refers to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

<-----End----->
 
Andrew,

Can you send me a copy of this Registry location (REG export) in a zip file?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
 
Can you send me a copy of this Registry location (REG export) in a zip file?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
 
google is your friend

GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND!

For the benefit of others, I found my solution by using x-setup-pro. It can
be found at http://www.x-setup.net/home.asp?lang=EN, and is freeware for the
home user (which is where I was encountering my problem). Incidentally, I
had two bad entries. One was for Microsoft Encarta 2000, and the other was
for a Microsoft Encarta utility. Not too surprising there... Encarta was a
pretty poor program.

I lost track of who wrote the following text, but it explains how to figure
out where the problem lies.

"First I went to the registry but there is a lot of stuff there I don't
understand, so I left it alone. Then I remembered X-Setup
(http://www.x-setup.net/) - this is the best program ever made for Windows.
It lets you tweak all kinds of things - including the Add/Remove programs
list.

"So, open Add/Remove Programs, and open X-Setup. My version may be old and I
honestly don't know if I have a trial, freeware, shareware or hacked version
(but its probably worth buying), so you might have to adjust the
instructions to fit yours. X-Setup uses a folder/tree structure, so dig down
All X-Setup Pro Plug-ins->System->Software Installation->Add or Remove
Programs List Editor. On the right-hand side it will give you a list in
alphabetical order of what should be in your Add/Remove programs (so make
sure you sort that by Name).

"Now in Add/Remove programs find what items are before and after the strange
black/striped/graphical area. Then find those same two items in X-Setup. Is
there something listed between them?? In my case there was - the Electronic
Arts EACom Updater.

"If you get the same, or something else you don't need then you can
uninstall it manually: Select the item, then click "Edit CMD.." Don't
actually edit the command, just copy it (Ctrl-C). Then open a command window
(Start->Run->cmd.exe) and paste (usually just right-click with the mouse)
the command. Hit enter and it should uninstall whatever was causing the
problem."
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