Hi I am trying to get professional to help me with this problem but looks that professionals dont live here I have problem with add remove programs icon missing and after expanding appwiz.cpl and trying regsvr32 appwiz.cpl still no luck. Then i tried to run sfc system file checker and that didnt help either. Now i think that the problem is probably with registry. Where is the key for add remove programs in registry. That is probably corrupted and I would like to talk to specialist who worked with windows registry on this problem and not someone who thinks this is the solution but they never had any experience with that. Hope someone experienced enough can walk me through registry settings for Add/remove programs

could you please try these command from run command one by one and tell us what happens rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,1 rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,2 rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,3 Do let me know the exact error if doesnt works

nothing when i run these commands from run just nothing happens when i try regsvr32 appwiz.cpl it says LoadLibrary ("appwiz.cpl)" failed- The specified module could not be found Appwiz cpl is in system 32 folder i try to expand another one from windows 2003 CD but no luck anything elseDalibor Bosic

what happens when you directly click on the appwiz.cpl icon in the system 32 directory ? http://www.virmansec.com/blogs/skhairuddin

I tried that too but nothing happens when i double click on that file. I have testing machine and when i click appwiz.cpl on that testing machine add remove programs open. But on the affected machine nothing happensDalibor Bosic

restart the computer in the safe and do a virus scan and let us know what happens http://www.virmansec.com/blogs/skhairuddin

unfortunately last thing i cant do. This is production server that hosts exchange and blackberry server and if i do that company is going down I guess i will leave it unsolved it is working ok now just dont have add remove programs can live without that I thought it is registry related problem since the file exists just not registered in registry. Guess will leave it unresolved. I try to talk to Microsoft and they say it is impossible it never happened before I guess it is one in milion things that nobody knows how to resolve. Cant crash this server cause all company is going down then Leave it like thisDalibor Bosic

If you open a call from PSS they will certainly do there analysis by doing all these things which I have mentioned so please dont blame MS if a third party application or virus is creating a problem.http://www.virmansec.com/blogs/skhairuddin

I am not blaming anyone exchange server works as well as blackberry so I guess add remove programs problem just remains history.Dalibor Bosic

Hi Dalibor, Have a look on this article and see if it is the same case as yours: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/07/14/change-or-remove-button-missing-at-control-panel-add-or-remove-programs/TechNet Subscriber Support in forum |If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com.

no my problem is that Add/remove programs icon is not there in Control Panel at all. On that article add remove is there but it is missing some buttons. I dont have add remove programs icon all together there Dalibor Bosic