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In the continuing cleanup from a virus attack, I just noticed that “Control Panel” has completely lost everything in the Add / remove programs section ( get an empty screen with only add / remove programs at top.

I have several utilities that still show all of the installed programs my guess is they walk the registry to find them – don’t know for sure.

Is there any way to refresh or get a new copy of “Contol panels” section for Add / Remove Programs?

Tom

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Check this Microsoft KB article Add/Remove Programs tool displays installed programs incorrectly.

Joe

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Joe,

Wouldn’t a registry cleaner (say CCCleaner Version v1.33.382) also find the problem and correct it ? I think my Registry Mechanic Version 5.2 found an error similar to this and corrected it a few weeks ago – just can not remember. Problem is Registry Mechanic is a paid program.

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Maybe. Just depends on how good it is a detecting the specific issue.

Joe

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Thanks to eveyone who replied – I went thru all of the suggestions and didn’t get anything fixed. I currently have 3 reg cleaners on system – including one commercial one and none of them found any problems. I also have “CCleaner” on system and it runs daily.

Think a new box and win xp pro are required to get everything back to normal

Tom

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Sometimes, a fresh install is a lot easier than trying to fix things that a nasty has trashed. Almost like a car that nickel and dimes you when it gets older.

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