Add or Remove Programs problem, app list not populating
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| TWINE006 |
 Jul 16 2006, 09:43 PM
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 Narcissism Incarnate  Group: Private Member Posts: 475 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 25  |
I'm having a problem with my Control Panel Add or Remove Programs section. I'm used to it sitting for a minute or two while it says "Please wait while the list is populated" or whatever, but I can now leave it for an hour or two with nothing happening beyond that message. More so, when I close the window, I can't open it again until I kill the rundll32.exe process in Task Manager. I'm now forced to use a 3rd party app (MyUninstaller) to get rid of stuff.
I've run AdAware, Spybot S&D, and a full F-Prot virus-scan... nothing. Anyone else ever experienced this or know of a fix that I'm too oblivious to see? Running XP SP2. -------------------- You can win a thousand battles but you can still only lose one.
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| Deepone |
Jul 17 2006, 01:42 PM
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The One Deep Down Group: Private Member Posts: 1137 Joined: 12-May 04 From: Masala / Kirkkonummi / Finland Member No.: 101 |
try some registry cleaner (for example EasyCleaner - has lots of other usefull stuff on it too, including removing stuff from the uninstall menu), as it sounds like the registry has gotten corrupted for that part..
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| TWINE006 |
Aug 14 2006, 12:40 AM
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Narcissism Incarnate Group: Private Member Posts: 475 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 25 |
Tried the proggy, cleaned the reg, and the problem persists. :(
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| artzelda |
Aug 14 2006, 05:46 PM
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 The MAN Group: Private Member Posts: 455 Joined: 18-March 04 Member No.: 26 |
Try this. WORKAROUND To work around this problem, right-click the Add or Remove Programs icon on the taskbar, click Close, and then restart Add or Remove Programs. To avoid this problem, use the Spuninst.exe utility to remove this security update. The Spuninst.exe utility is located in the %Windir%\$NTUninstallKB840374$\Spuninst folder. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;842253 |
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| Audiyoda |
Aug 14 2006, 10:23 PM
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 Houston, we have a problem... Group: Moderator Posts: 340 Joined: 23-March 04 From: S of Superior-E of Michigan-W of Huron-N of HERE. Member No.: 64 |
QUOTE(artzelda @ Aug 14 2006, 01:46 PM) Try this. WORKAROUND To work around this problem, right-click the Add or Remove Programs icon on the taskbar, click Close, and then restart Add or Remove Programs. To avoid this problem, use the Spuninst.exe utility to remove this security update. The Spuninst.exe utility is located in the %Windir%\$NTUninstallKB840374$\Spuninst folder. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;842253  Beat me to it :yahoo: |
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