Change/Remove button is missing

[ilyaz]

I have a MSN Messenger v.7 installed on my WIN XP SP2. It has some problems
and I'd like to uninstall and then reinstall it. However, I cannot uninstall
it, because the MSN Messenger entry in the Add/Remove Programs in Control
Panel lacks the Change/Remove button. I can highlight this entry, but cannot
remove it... How to restore this Change/Remove button to this MSN Messenger
entry?

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Ilya Zeldes
Fort Myers, Florida

[Wesley Vogel]

Some applications in Add/Remove Programs list are missing Change and Remove
buttons
http://www.winxptutor.com/arpbuttons.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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ilyaz <ily...@hotmail.com> hunted and pecked:

[ilyaz]

Wes,
thanks for the URL. I visited this site and got this fix. But, in my unlucky
case, there is no MSN Messenger in the Uninstall section of the registry
:-( What's funny, the MSN Messenger works (although with some problems),
it's listed in the Add/Remove Programs, but the change/remove button is
missing. Now, the button could not be restored and the program could not be
removed. Looks like catch 22 in reverse to me...
Ilya

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[Reem]

try to delete it manually from c:\programs files...
hope this will help you .

best of luck!

[ilyaz]

I think, I can do it easily. It will remove the folder, but will it
"uninstall" the program? I'm afraid, it could create a havoc with the system
somehow... Any thoughts about such possibility?
Ilya

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[ilyaz]

Wes,
while waiting for your reply, I found step-by-step instruction on how to
remove stubborn application and clean the registry. It took me a while, but
I removed everything there was in sight. Reboot. Checked the Control Panel
and to my dismay the MSN Messenger was there... What a piece...
Ilya

"ilyaz" <ily...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Ilya,

How to Manually Remove Programs from the Add or Remove Programs Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314481

Remove invalid entries in Add/Remove Programs
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/AddRemove.htm

[[The simplest, safest and recommended way to uninstall an application is
via 'Add/Remove Programs' (in Control Panel).

Some applications (particularly older ones) do not create an entry in the
'Add/Remove Programs' list, but instead create an "uninstall" or "remove"
shortcut in the Start > Program Groups menu.

The remainder of these notes are intended only if you have tried the above,
and the application will not uninstall.]]

How to manually uninstall an application
http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian/windows/howto_manually_uninstall.htm

Uninstall Programs Manually
http://www.theeldergeek.com/manually_uninstall_programs.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[ilyaz]

Wes,
thanks for the long list of helpful links. I cleaned registry twice. First
for all <MSN Messenger> entries, second for <MSNMessenger> entries. This
made the trick and the MSN Messenger was removed from Control Panel.
Thanks for your help.

Ilya
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[Wesley Vogel]

Ilya,

Glad you got it worked out. Keep having fun. :-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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