re: no Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 9:50 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by jcw (5124 messages posted) In the Start menu's Run box, enter "appwiz.cpl" and hit Enter or OK. -- does the Add/Remove applet open? If yes, run the Windows system file checker from the Run box on the Start menu, using this command (note the space between SFC and the forward slash): SFC /SCANNOW Follow any on-screen instructions. Have the WinXP (full install) CD nearby as you may be prompted to insert it. When the process is done, reboot. Written in response to: Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (ernst: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 6:19 am) Responses to this message: re: no Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel (Earl Harrison: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 6:20 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (ernst: Tue, Feb 21, 2006, 6:19 am) re: no Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel (jcw: Tue, Feb 21, 2006, 9:50 am) re: no Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel (Earl Harrison: Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 6:20 am) re: no Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel (jcw: Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 8:30 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum