Uninstall/Remove Tab Missing.... IN WINDOWS XP AFTER USING AUTOPATCHER


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Dear Friends,

I am using an IBM T41 laptop having Windows XP with SP2, I installed Auto Patcher May 2007 core and then June 2007 release and after doing that I found that the Uninstall/Remove tab in Add/Reamove programs is missing!!!! I checked under the registry and under Uninstall I can only find the programs that I have installed after running Auto Patcher and also the programs that were installed after running Auto Patcher, their Remove/Uninstall tabs are found, so I short the programs registry entries have been deleted by some update in AutoPatcher. I called Microsoft but they could not help, we tried installing Windows Installer 3.1 V2, but that too did not help. I have only one account in the system so I am the Administrator. The laptop is used form home purposes thus not connected onto a network. I am very sure that the tabs were there before installing Autopatcher. Please help.... ASAP.. my email address is shivamamin@gmail.com

Thanks a lot.... Waiting for some help....

Shivam

Sorry, I don't think you problem is connected to Autopatcher.

Nonetheless, you can try this registry modification http://www.winxptutor.com/arpbuttons.htm

if you know how to apply it.

Or you can use MyUninstaller, a freeware from Nir Sofer, which is more versatile than the windows Add/Remove applet. See here http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/myuninst.html

Start Run:-

c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\appwiz.cpl

this should at least give you the add/remove window, if not check if "appwiz" exists.

When these strange things happen, usually I create a new user (administrator account) copy all my docs over, and start again with that new user account.

Note: all mail/favorites/my docs and personal settings will still be available on the oriiginal user (present user account)

This will at least tell you if it's just your user account that is causing the fault.

Autopatcher has never had this problem (removing buttons)

Kim

Dear Sir,

I went to the link and tried modifing the registry, as per my first compaint, the programs are missing from the registry, in the uninstall option, please help....

  patipata said:
Sorry, I don't think you problem is connected to Autopatcher.

Nonetheless, you can try this registry modification http://www.winxptutor.com/arpbuttons.htm

if you know how to apply it.

Or you can use MyUninstaller, a freeware from Nir Sofer, which is more versatile than the windows Add/Remove applet. See here http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/myuninst.html

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