Control panel/Remove Programs problem

Posted by: Ladmo

Control panel/Remove Programs problem - 12/09/2005 20:58

Anyone have any idea why, when I select the Remove programs.. from the Control panel items, that it just hangs on the screen that says "Please Wait while populating the list"?

Thanks
ladmo
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Control panel/Remove Programs problem - 12/09/2005 21:02

One or more of the installed items is corrupted. Probably a messed up Windows Installer cache is my guess.
Posted by: Ladmo

Re: Control panel/Remove Programs problem - 12/09/2005 21:33

Thanks Tony...can you walk me thru checking/fixing it?

Thanks
dww
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Control panel/Remove Programs problem - 12/09/2005 21:36

Unfortunately, I have no idea what to do. My first step would be to try searching the microsoft KB at http://support.microsoft.com and seeing if they've got a known issue with it, and a work around.
Posted by: Ladmo

Re: Control panel/Remove Programs problem - 12/09/2005 21:42

Nope, no known issues with it...When I finally got it to come up once and tried to delete the offending progam (Windows FrontPage 2003), my firewall blocked it saying that it was trying to launch something else..have done virus/malware scans...
Posted by: Attack

Re: Control panel/Remove Programs problem - 12/09/2005 22:51

Try using MyUninstaller
Posted by: Ladmo

Re: Control panel/Remove Programs problem - 13/09/2005 01:54

Thank! MyUninstaller worked great!