strange uninstall (programs) issue

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Claus

I have seen this over and over on several of my XP machines and I was
wondering if anybody else has seen this.
I install a program (or several) and they show up on the Add/Remove program
list and I can remove them by clicking on the remove button.
After several week when I look, most programs suddenly don't have remove
buttons anymore and when I search the system don't have an uninstaller
program anymore.
From Norton 2003 to Microsoft Office XP and numerous other programs.

Has anybody every seen this ? What could cause this ?
 
This is caused by incomplete uninstall
You could edit the registry, by running a seach for the program name, but this is risk
Another suggestion, download and install MS recommended System Mechanic 4 from http://www.iolo.co
There is an area for removing invalid uninstallers
 
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