[Thinkpad] Add/Remove Programs Problem

[Jon Kelly]

System restore to a date prior to the PCDoc 5 update install does resolve
the issue (as one might expect).  It's a bit of a 'sledghammer to kill a
gnat' approach, but it does work. I tried last night, after first trying to
uninstall PCDoc5 -- which will uninstall, but won't bring back the other
change/remove buttons.

On 11/12/06, Philip Kiff <pkiff at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Since people are still replying to this thread, I thought it might be
> worth
> repeating the reply that James offered:
> http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=214921
>
> Summary of Issue:
> Did you recently upgrade to PC Doctor 5? (via automated updates). If so,
> then it is possible that, depending on your system and/or configuration,
> this may have affected some uninstall data records in your registry.  One
> current recommended solution appears to be to go into Safe mode and then
> to
> roll back to a Restore Point prior to the install of PC Doctor 5.  I
> personally don't have any experience with the issue: all I am doing is
> repeating what I read on the ThinkPads.com Forum.
>
> Does this apply in your case, Robert?
>
> Phil.


<SNIP>

> >> This is probably a Windows problem but hoping someone has a
> >> solution. XPSP2 with all updates on an X41Tablet.
> >>
> >> I went to Add/Remove programs in Control Panel and the program I
> >> wanted to remove didn't have the Remove button. Then I checked
> >> others and found that 90% of the programs in the list didn't have
> >> the Remove button. Lots of Google searching didn't find much other
> >> than an MS tool for removing a program from the Add/Remove list or a
> >> registry hack to put hidden programs back into the list. But nothing
> >> about the missing buttons so you could remove programs.
> >>
> >> Sounds to me like a registry corruption of some sort.
> >>
> >> Anyone have any ideas?
> >>
> >>
> >> --------------------------
> >> Robert Rosen
> >> CIO NIAMS - NIH
> >> Sent via Wireless Handheld
>
>