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ADD & REMOVE PROGRAMS

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by bruggie

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Even though I log on as Administrator I cannot get the "Add & Remove" application to work.
The dialogue box is blank & the close button has "cl&ose" and does not funtion.
I have 8% of partition left and cannot remove programs to free up space and can't defrag.

Any suggestions appreciated.

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by ctr2000

Suggestion:
Can you go into safe mode and delete temporary internet files or remover programs? Even in windows explorer can you right click on your drive and choose cleanup? How much space do you really have left? Install anything new lately that might be causing a problem?

by mikel~t

I recently lost access the the Add Remove Progams control panel entirely, and had to reinstall Service Pack 2 on the workstation to resolve it. I'd recommend archiving as much data as possible, and try to reinstall the service pack so things will clean up on the system.

Good luck, with as little space as you've mentioned, this might be a battle.

Mike

by adrianc

answer:

Go to the windows directory then the "inf" folder (hidden) then edit the Sysoc.inf file using note pad and remove the word HIDE on all lines.

Cheers

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