John Dean wrote:
> Deano wrote:
>> John Dean wrote:
>>> Running XP Home SP2. When I access "Add or Remove programs" in
>>> Control Panel, it comes up blank on the "Change or remove programs"
>>> with a message "Please wait while the list is being populated". It
>>> subsequently changes to show the message at the top "Currently
>>> installed programs and updates" but the list remains blank. Nothing
>>> further happens and I never get to see the list of installed
>>> programs. The other icons on the left hand side - "Add new
>>> programs", "Add/remove Windows components" and "Set Program Access
>>> and Defaults" all seem to be working fine.
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Could this help?
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=266668
>
> That *does* sound like it.Many thanks.
> <thinks> Damn. I *hate* going into the registry. <thinks>
Just back it up first.
Open regedit, Click on "my computer" on the top of the tree.
File > Export and save it somewhere.
It will be pretty big (mine saved to about 50mb) and takes a bit to build.
This way if you screw up something you can always undo it.
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