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Name: Dunny
Date: October 12, 2001 at 02:08:47 Pacific
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Hey I reinstalled windows and my Add and Remove programs is blank. And i can not play any games because they think i need to reinstall them. How do i fix it with out reinstalling windows.



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Name: mick
Date: October 12, 2001 at 02:12:24 Pacific
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not heard of this one, but would a repair installation be of any use.
just a sugestion.
mick


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Name: Cliff
Date: October 12, 2001 at 03:10:21 Pacific
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Do you mean yo installed windows over the top of itself? If so you'll need to reinstall all programs again

Cliff


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Response Number 3
Name: wb
Date: October 12, 2001 at 13:09:39 Pacific
Reply:

create Uninstall.reg file&follow instructions in step#10 to repair add/remove entries.

1.Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then press ENTER.

2.Locate and click the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

3.After you click the Uninstall registry key, click Export Registry File on the Registry menu.

4.In the Export Registry File dialog box, click Desktop in the Save in box, type uninstall in
the File name box, and then click Save.

5.Each key under Uninstall represents a program that appears in Add/Remove Programs. To
determine which program that each key represents, click the key, and then view the
following values:

DisplayName - the value data for the DisplayName key is the name that is listed in
Add/Remove Programs

-and-

UninstallString - the value data for the UninstallString key is the program that is
used to uninstall the program

6.After you identify the registry key that represents the program that is still in Add/Remove
Programs, right-click the key, and then click Delete.

7.After you delete the key, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

8.In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.

9.In Add/Remove Programs, verify that the program for which you deleted the registry key is
not listed.

10.If the program list is not correct in Add/Remove Programs, you can double-click the
Uninstall.reg file on your desktop to restore the original list of programs in the registry.

11.If the program list is correct in Add/Remove Programs, you can right-click the Uninstall.reg
file on your desktop, and then click Delete.


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Response Number 4
Name: morey
Date: October 12, 2001 at 13:13:55 Pacific
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also when you reinstalled windows did you reinstall to c:\windows
by default it will try to reinstall to c:\windows.000
if so deltree c:\windows.000
and reinstall to c:\windows


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Response Number 5
Name: starr
Date: January 15, 2002 at 20:28:37 Pacific
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hey guys,
i have one thing for u......r u ready????!!! in my add/remove programs THERE IS NOTHING in it....i MEAN NOTHING!!!! i have no clue what happened but i need help...!!!PLEASE!!!!!

STARR


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