prisha00 Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 This problem can occur if the program you installed creates a registry key name that is longer than 60 characters in length. Add/Remove Programs only lists program names it locates up to the point it encounters this situation.Follow the steps given to solve the problem.* Go to C:\Windows\Inf folder. In the right pane, scroll down to sysoc.inf. Open it with notepad. It will look like… [Components]NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7* The word “HIDE†in an entry hides that application from your Add/Remove Programs dialog box. To add ms messenger to the Add/Remove menu, delete the word HIDE from its entry. Don’t delete the “,â€(comma) after it.* Save the file and restart your machine and now you can see that app listed in the add/remove programs list. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) Do you know if third-party programs have this failing, such as CCleaner and others like it, that provide their own uninstall utilities? Edited December 18, 2012 by JDoors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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