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Thread ID: 59696 2005-07-10 03:19:00 CONTROL PANEL WILL NOT LET ME OPEN ADD/REMOVE qwerty (8480) Press F1
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370909 2005-07-10 03:19:00 :waughh: My Control Panel (XP) will not let me open the add/remove folder. :mad: Can someone help me please. :thumbs: qwerty (8480)
370910 2005-07-10 03:21:00 And what does the error say, if there's an error? Speedy Gonzales (78)
370911 2005-07-10 05:13:00 You asked the same question two days ago and should have provided feedback for the suggestion that I offered in your previous thread, not make a new thread asking the same thing. FoxyMX (5)
370912 2005-07-10 05:34:00 Try these fixes.

A. The Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet might stop running if your system is missing some required registry entries. To resolve this problem, you must add the necessary entries to the registry by performing the following steps:

Start a command session by going to Start, Run and typing
cmd
Enter each of the following commands (click OK to each confirmation that appears):
regsvr32 mshtml.dll
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll -i
regsvr32 shell32.dll -i
Close the command session by typing
exit

You should now be able to start the Add/Remove Programs applet. If the applet still won't run, you might be missing a file; to check, use the system file checker (SFC) to check for and replace missing or corrupt files by performing the following steps:

Start a command session by going to Start, Run and typing
cmd
Enter each of the following commands (the system might prompt you to enter the installation media during this process):
sfc /purgecache
sfc /scannow
Restart the computer.
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