Change/Remove buttons are missing

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when i go to Add/Remove in the control panel not all of the programs that
are installed are displayed.
For those that are displayed only portion have Change/Remove buttons when i
highlight them.
Any reason why this would happen. How do i fix this.

I have full admin rights and running winxp SP2.

thank you very much
 
It means that the company that created the application does not provide a
Change/Remove feature.
In order for that to appear, certain fields must be added to the Uninstall
registry key for the application.
Specifically, UninstallString and DisplayName.

The main key is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
 
except it's most applications that are missing those buttons.
For example microsoft office 2003 and acrobat reader are
missing those buttons. Now i know they should have them.

thanks,
 
Did you check the Uninstall key entries for each of them and determine if
those Values are present AND valid?

For example, my Adobe Reader 7.0.8 entry is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A70700000002}

and I have a Modify, DisplayName, HelpLink, NoRepair and UninstallString
values.

If you have no Modify value, you will not have the Change button. No
UninstallString, you will not have a Remove button. And they both must be
valid.

I do believe there is a Value that can be used to Hide the application, but
not the buttons.
 
no. the application that im looking to uninstall doesn't have the regvalue.
How do i know what to add?
the application name is webfoldrs xp.


thanks
 
see if this is helpful..by
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Microsoft/windows/CurrentVersion/uninstall/now
look for the specific program, click once to highlight the program, the on
the left side, look for;
NoRemove
NoModify
double click those, one at a time, and change the DWord to 0...that enables
it, 1 disables the options you want.
 
I mean my OTHER LEFT>>>>sorry, sometimes I say left, when I mean
right...look on the Right side for NoRemove
NoModify...
sheesh... no wonder people get lost when I give directions.
 
what if the key for the application is missing?
So lets say i want to uninstall Adobe Acrobat but in regedit
under Uninstall i can't find a folder for acrobat.
 
asdf said:
what if the key for the application is missing?
So lets say i want to uninstall Adobe Acrobat but in regedit
under Uninstall i can't find a folder for acrobat.
Click to expand...

I would look in the Acrobat folder for a removal tool. If not available
and you didn't want to pore through the registry for all references to
Acrobat and/or Adobe, I imagine there are programs that will do that for
you, either registry cleaners, or software removal tools:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=remove+programs+freeware&btnG=Google+Search
 
sorry, I guess I didn't read your first post well enough..you have 2 issues,
I posted only one possible solution to one issue, that of restoring the
'change/remove options in add/remove.
For the program that is not listed, Joe Wright has the likely answer..either
use the uninstall option from within the Program itself in Start/all
programs..or use a registry tool to search for the program, and remove it
that way.
Or, take a look at this,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247515
 
Forgot one other thing, SystemComponent Value ... which in the case of
WebFldrs is what it is.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{350C97B0-3D7C-4EE8-BAA9-00BCB3D54227}

As you can see, there is a NoModify, NoRepair and NoRemove.

You can try the following:

Add

UninstallString REG_SZ MsiExec.exe
/X{350C97B0-3D7C-4EE8-BAA9-00BCB3D54227}

And set the NoRemove value to 0.

However, in uninstalling WebFldrs XP, I do not know the ramifications.
 
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