XP Add or Remove Programs Problem

[timzak]

I've never seen this before, but hoping for some help here. In my Add or Remove Programs on WinXP, seven programs are listed, followed by a LONG gap (you have to scroll down many lines to see the next programs) then the rest of the programs. It's almost as if there are a hundred invisible programs in that gap, but there aren't. For some reason, there's just a bunch of empty space there. Any idea how this happened and how to fix it? It's not a critical thing, just an annoyance.

Thanks.

 

[slickcat]

Does this happen when logging in under a different account?

 

[Smilin]

from memory so please forgive if I'm off.. that list is populated from:

hklm\software\microsoft\windows\uninstall


Go open that regkey and see if there is some unexpected gunk in there. Post results before do anything with it though (especially since it's otherwise harmless at this time).

 

[Joemonkey]

I've seen this with AutoCAD and some other programs, here's the emails that were sent around on it at work:

This is caused by AutoCAD 2002 being installed and an incorrect registry setting. To fix, open registry editor and go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5783F2D7-0109-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}

You will see a line that has DisplayIcon and data of C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2002\aclt.exe,-1

Delete the -1 from the end of the line so it looks like this

C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2002\aclt.exe

Now the white space will be gone (if you left add/remove programs open in the background you may have to close and re-open it)


ad a DVT camera control that had a displayicon key set with a ,-1 at the end. I removed it and it fixed my add/remove programs display.

It could probably be generalized that it may be any application with the ICON key set in the unstall keys and a ',-1' at the end may produce this issue.

 

[timzak]

Perfect, thanks! Wasn't AutoCAD 2002 in my case, but 2000, but the same principle applied.

Thanks again.

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
I've seen this with AutoCAD and some other programs, here's the emails that were sent around on it at work:

This is caused by AutoCAD 2002 being installed and an incorrect registry setting. To fix, open registry editor and go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5783F2D7-0109-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}

You will see a line that has DisplayIcon and data of C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2002\aclt.exe,-1

Delete the -1 from the end of the line so it looks like this

C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2002\aclt.exe

Now the white space will be gone (if you left add/remove programs open in the background you may have to close and re-open it)


ad a DVT camera control that had a displayicon key set with a ,-1 at the end. I removed it and it fixed my add/remove programs display.

It could probably be generalized that it may be any application with the ICON key set in the unstall keys and a ',-1' at the end may produce this issue.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
I've seen this with AutoCAD and some other programs, here's the emails that were sent around on it at work:

This is caused by AutoCAD 2002 being installed and an incorrect registry setting. To fix, open registry editor and go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5783F2D7-0109-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}

You will see a line that has DisplayIcon and data of C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2002\aclt.exe,-1

Delete the -1 from the end of the line so it looks like this

C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2002\aclt.exe

Now the white space will be gone (if you left add/remove programs open in the background you may have to close and re-open it)


ad a DVT camera control that had a displayicon key set with a ,-1 at the end. I removed it and it fixed my add/remove programs display.

It could probably be generalized that it may be any application with the ICON key set in the unstall keys and a ',-1' at the end may produce this issue.

Nice catch (I hadn't heard of this bug before). Squirrled away for future use 🙂