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| Control Panel. Add or Remove programs. Huge space has appeared in display. Is there a fix? Win XP Home SP2 and all updates. When I use this facility to uninstall I find a huge space between the windows updates and the last few items begining X to Z. I don't know when this happened or why. I don't really know what question to ask on google to get an answer. Any help or pointers would be appreciated. TIA Jumbo -- Silver Surfer      |
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05-23-2007, 02:20 AM
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| Re: Control Panel. Add or Remove programs. Huge space has appeared in display. Is there a fix? Jumbo, The problem occurs when the last one before the white space has an error (incorrect icon path). So you need to go into the registry to adjust it: Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall Look for the last Add/Remove entry before the white space & you'll probably see the DisplayIcon is a negative value. Edit the string & remove the negative number & that should have worked How to open the registry: Click START | RUN Type regedit & click OK Navigate to the unistall registry key above & look through the subkey. DisplayIcon will be in the right pane Note: Please backup any registry key before altering it by using REGISTRY menu & click Export Registry Key... Hope this helps, -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "Jumbo" <jumbo@dreamland.net> wrote in message news:LI6dnU07U5wSQM7bnZ2dneKdnZypnZ2d@pipex.net... > Win XP Home SP2 and all updates. > > When I use this facility to uninstall I find a huge space between the > windows updates and the last few items begining X to Z. > > I don't know when this happened or why. I don't really know what question to > ask on google to get an answer. > > Any help or pointers would be appreciated. > > TIA > > Jumbo > -- > Silver Surfer > > |
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05-23-2007, 04:11 AM
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| Re: Control Panel. Add or Remove programs. Huge space has appeared in display. Is there a fix? "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message news:%23q%23KPpRnHHA.4412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Jumbo, > > The problem occurs when the last one before the white space has an error > (incorrect icon path). So you need to go into the registry to adjust it: > > Registry Key: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall > > Look for the last Add/Remove entry before the white space & you'll > probably > see the DisplayIcon is a negative value. > > Edit the string & remove the negative number & that should have worked > > How to open the registry: > > Click START | RUN > Type regedit & click OK > Navigate to the unistall registry key above & look through the subkey. > DisplayIcon will be in the right pane > > Note: > > Please backup any registry key before altering it by using REGISTRY > menu > & click Export Registry Key... > > Hope this helps, > > -- > Newbie Coder > (It's just a name) > > > > "Jumbo" <jumbo@dreamland.net> wrote in message > news:LI6dnU07U5wSQM7bnZ2dneKdnZypnZ2d@pipex.net... >> Win XP Home SP2 and all updates. >> >> When I use this facility to uninstall I find a huge space between the >> windows updates and the last few items begining X to Z. >> >> I don't know when this happened or why. I don't really know what question > to >> ask on google to get an answer. >> >> Any help or pointers would be appreciated. >> >> TIA >> >> Jumbo >> -- >> Silver Surfer >> >> > > Much obliged. Jumbo Silver Surfer |
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05-23-2007, 04:11 AM
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| Re: Control Panel. Add or Remove programs. Huge space has appeared in display. Is there a fix? I spoke too soon. The last item does not have a negative number, just the path. Jumbo "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message news:%23q%23KPpRnHHA.4412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Jumbo, > > The problem occurs when the last one before the white space has an error > (incorrect icon path). So you need to go into the registry to adjust it: > > Registry Key: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall > > Look for the last Add/Remove entry before the white space & you'll > probably > see the DisplayIcon is a negative value. > > Edit the string & remove the negative number & that should have worked > > How to open the registry: > > Click START | RUN > Type regedit & click OK > Navigate to the unistall registry key above & look through the subkey. > DisplayIcon will be in the right pane > > Note: > > Please backup any registry key before altering it by using REGISTRY > menu > & click Export Registry Key... > > Hope this helps, > > -- > Newbie Coder > (It's just a name) > > > > "Jumbo" <jumbo@dreamland.net> wrote in message > news:LI6dnU07U5wSQM7bnZ2dneKdnZypnZ2d@pipex.net... >> Win XP Home SP2 and all updates. >> >> When I use this facility to uninstall I find a huge space between the >> windows updates and the last few items begining X to Z. >> >> I don't know when this happened or why. I don't really know what question > to >> ask on google to get an answer. >> >> Any help or pointers would be appreciated. >> >> TIA >> >> Jumbo >> -- >> Silver Surfer >> >> > > |
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05-23-2007, 05:10 PM
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| Re: Control Panel. Add or Remove programs. Huge space has appeared in display. Is there a fix? Jumbo, Check for one (DefaultIcon) with a minus number at the end: Example: C:\MyPath\MyDLL.dll -1 or C:\MyPath\MyDLL.dll, -1 -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "Jumbo" <jumbo@dreamland.net> wrote in message news:2sKdnfx5Ws1NgsnbnZ2dnUVZ8tzinZ2d@pipex.net... > I spoke too soon. The last item does not have a negative number, just the > path. > > Jumbo > > "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message > news:%23q%23KPpRnHHA.4412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > Jumbo, > > > > The problem occurs when the last one before the white space has an error > > (incorrect icon path). So you need to go into the registry to adjust it: > > > > Registry Key: > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall > > > > Look for the last Add/Remove entry before the white space & you'll > > probably > > see the DisplayIcon is a negative value. > > > > Edit the string & remove the negative number & that should have worked > > > > How to open the registry: > > > > Click START | RUN > > Type regedit & click OK > > Navigate to the unistall registry key above & look through the subkey. > > DisplayIcon will be in the right pane > > > > Note: > > > > Please backup any registry key before altering it by using REGISTRY > > menu > > & click Export Registry Key... > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > -- > > Newbie Coder > > (It's just a name) > > > > > > > > "Jumbo" <jumbo@dreamland.net> wrote in message > > news:LI6dnU07U5wSQM7bnZ2dneKdnZypnZ2d@pipex.net... > >> Win XP Home SP2 and all updates. > >> > >> When I use this facility to uninstall I find a huge space between the > >> windows updates and the last few items begining X to Z. > >> > >> I don't know when this happened or why. I don't really know what question > > to > >> ask on google to get an answer. > >> > >> Any help or pointers would be appreciated. > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> Jumbo > >> -- > >> Silver Surfer > >> > >> > > > > > > |
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