I Have 2 "Add or Remove Programs" in my Control Panel

[Guest RickB]

Hi,

 

Running XP Pro with SP2 (I think). I Have 2 "Add or Remove Programs" in my

Control Panel. I also noticed I have XP SP3 listed, but when I try to

uninstall it, it tells me it's really SP2.

 

Is my laptop on drugs?

 

Thanks, RickB

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: I Have 2 "Add or Remove Programs" in my Control Panel

 

The date and time was 6/2/2008 2:07 PM, and on a whim, RickB pounded out

on the keyboard:

> Hi,

>

> Running XP Pro with SP2 (I think). I Have 2 "Add or Remove Programs" in my

> Control Panel. I also noticed I have XP SP3 listed, but when I try to

> uninstall it, it tells me it's really SP2.

>

> Is my laptop on drugs?

>

> Thanks, RickB

 

Hi Rick,

 

It seems SP3 has caused this on many computers. Do a search for

appwiz*.cpl on your computer (NOTE the asterisk). You should have one

in your system32 folder and maybe another in your i386 folder (if it

exists). If you have more than one in the system32 folder (named

appwiz(2).cpl, etc), remove all except the original named appwiz.cpl.

 

Report back,

 

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[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: I Have 2 "Add or Remove Programs" in my Control Panel

 

How and when did you install SP3?

 

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What

anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall

(if any)? Were ANY of these application running when you installed SP3?

 

WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation

http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2008/05/08/windows-xp-sp3-read-all-prerequisites-for-a-successful-installation.aspx

 

Steps to take before you install WinXP SP3

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

 

RickB wrote:

> Hi,

>

> Running XP Pro with SP2 (I think). I Have 2 "Add or Remove Programs" in

> my

> Control Panel. I also noticed I have XP SP3 listed, but when I try to

> uninstall it, it tells me it's really SP2.

>

> Is my laptop on drugs?

>

> Thanks, RickB

[Guest Alan]

Re: I Have 2 "Add or Remove Programs" in my Control Panel

 

Hi Robear,

 

I had a similar situation and posted about it in this newsgroup on May 25.

 

Please see

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/290f75865e02f216/750091e7b94372dc#750091e7b94372dc

for more details.

 

Perhaps doing three successful installs/uninstalls of SP3 -- all with my

antivirus and anti-malware apps disabled -- is what caused the extra Add and

Remove icons in Control Panel.

 

In any case, the suggestion by Terry R. -- that I copy the appwiz.cpl from

my I386 folder to my Windows\system32 folder -- fixed the problem.

 

Alan

 

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> How and when did you install SP3?

>

> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What

> anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party

> firewall (if any)? Were ANY of these application running when you

> installed SP3?

>

> WinXP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation

> http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2008/05/08/windows-xp-sp3-read-all-prerequisites-for-a-successful-installation.aspx

>

> Steps to take before you install WinXP SP3

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717

> --

> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

>

>

> RickB wrote:

>> Hi,

>>

>> Running XP Pro with SP2 (I think). I Have 2 "Add or Remove Programs" in

>> my

>> Control Panel. I also noticed I have XP SP3 listed, but when I try to

>> uninstall it, it tells me it's really SP2.

>>

>> Is my laptop on drugs?

>>

>> Thanks, RickB

>