Strange problem. On my personal laptop with XP Pro, when I go into Add/Remove programs, most of the programs in there no longer have a Remove button. A few of the more recently installed apps do, but the majority don't. I believe this is a fairly recent problem for me, but I can't tell you for sure when I was in there last.
After multiple searches, I found that this isn't a unique problem. Many others seem to have this problem, but I've still not found a way to fix it.
Has anyone on here run into this, and has anyone found a fix?
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If you've already done some research then you know there is a problem with the appwiz.cpl file. Try running SFC or System File Checker. Should this fail there are other issues that are registery related.
See if there is a uninstall option either in the options or tools tabs within the program you are trying remove, or see if there is a uninstall branch in the Start/programs/Adobe(example)/....
I ran SFC, but I walked away while it was running (too a while), and by the time I came back, it had completed its scan, shut down, and had me back at a command line. Is there a log somewhere, or would it have stayed up only if it had found a problem? I think that was my first time using SFC.
Telsetrepair, I wasn't able to find an uninstaller for the specific programs. I know what you're talking about, but those that I checked didn't have one in Start|Programs.
Stacey, I considered that, but wanted to see if I could get the problem fixed before resorting to that. I consider that more of a side-step to the problem, and might just fdisk before I go that route. My concern is, even if I fdisk, what's to keep it from happening again, since I don't even know what caused it in the first place.
Good tip, but unfortunately in this case, the only ones that show up there are either things that don't need to be removed, or things that actually do show up in Add/Remove WITH the Remove button.
I tried it, but all it showed were the things that already show up in the registry as things I can uninstall, which are the same ones I made mention of in my previous post.
I hate using a work around rather than fixing the real issue too. I've had to do this recently on my laptop F keys because I just could not find the underlying problem.
Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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