Long Wait For Add/Remove List Population After SP2 Updates
Jan 29, 2007
I installed SP2 for XP then I got the critical updates for SP2 installed. Now when I go to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel no list is displayed, just the window saying to wait for list population. I've waited up to 15 min but there's no icon or any indication that anything is trying to happen. Other categories in CP work fine. So I'm not sure if the culprit would be the applet itself, the service pack or one of the priority updates, if any. I considered doing a system restore, I'll do it if so advised. I've run a spyware scanner and CleanUp!
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Jan 7, 2008
My hard drive with my OS on it ended up going bad. When it went bad, I had a slave drive with some data on it set up that happened to get corrupted along the way. So I removed the bad drive, put a new drive in and installed a fresh copy of xp w sp2. Did all my updates, everything ran perfect. Now I left my slave drive alone with my date on it. Some of my data got corrupted and if you went looking around in there, a message would come up drive not formatted if I opened certain folder on that drive. Some of the data was still good. Well anyways I noticed on my brand new fresh install, if I went to add/remove programs it would sit there and hang. It would say please wait while list is being populated. If I let it sit long enough it would eventually come up but something was definitely wrong. So while I am sitting here waiting for the list to load, I noticed my hard drive activity light was lit on my tower and seemed like the hard drive was very busy. So after googling some more and not finding any help I figured I would try and fix it myself.
I ended up getting what I could off my slave drive and downloaded maxblast and cleared everything out and re-set the drive and deleted and created a new partition. Well guess what, my add remove programs now works perfect after clearing out my slave drive. I'm guessing what was happening was for whatever reason the add remove programs was trying to scan Drive D: for whatever reason and it had corrupt data on it which is why it took so long. I'm not saying this is going to solve all hang ups, but I tried every tip I could find and no dice. This actually worked. So if you are having trouble take a good look at your hard drives and make sure they are in good working order.
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Jun 1, 2006
The last windows update that I can see is KB 905474 and was downloaded by my automatic updates.I can see it when going to windows updates/view history. Trouble is, I cannot see it in my add/remove list. does auto updates only download security updates and I assume I dont have to do anything.
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Dec 1, 2007
my add -remove programs list in control panel takes a long time to compile the list. even with "show updates" unchecked. there are a couple that wont remove, games that my son installed and free trial ran out. one list under "start-programs" and the uninstall button leads to the documents folder, and "remove" says some file is missing. it still has a file in program files also.
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Oct 5, 2010
I just looked at a previous thread with the hangup of Add/Remove program with it never populating. Never get a clear answer, just added a backup drive, may have something to do with it hanging up?
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Feb 4, 2008
i have some problem with my windows. while start my windows after bootscreen a message appear plz wait.....................................................................................................................................................
these kind of dots appear.
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May 7, 2006
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Jan 17, 2006
I have a list of Windows XP Hotfix in my ADD/REMOVE section, can I remove these safely without corrupting my system?
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Sep 3, 2007
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Jan 5, 2009
I installed the Eset NOD32 3.0 antivirus, I wanted to remove it. I couldn't remove it on a conventional way, using the add/remove tool, so I removed it from my windows startup list, and then physically removed the folder from my HDD, and then used PC Tools Registry Mechanic thinking that it would do the trick,but it didn't. I tried various registry cleaning programs, but I just can't find it in the lists.
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Oct 28, 2006
A program wouldn't uninstall properly for some reason. So, after several tries, I finally decided to just delete the directory. How do I remove that program's information from system registry and Control Panel add/remove list?
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Nov 1, 2007
I recently installed Mcafee. I defraged my computer and restarted it. When it loaded up I noticed that everything is taking 2x as long to load and it is taking long time to even get the start button list up. I was able to get into the add/remove program list but nothing was there. I waited for about 10 minutes and then nothing still, I don't know any other way to remove McAfee, how to remove McAfee, add/remove program list won't work here.
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Oct 5, 2004
I have a list of windows XP hotfix in my add/remove section of the control window. What are these and can I remove these safely?
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Aug 7, 2005
I have a application name WebFldrs XP in my Add & Remove Program list and I want to remove it but I can't.
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Mar 12, 2005
Ill let the pictures do the talking. It happened last week for no reason, honestly. Its very frustrating and it makes opening the utility take forever. if you cant tell immediately its the very long scroll. Notice the scroll bar and button?
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Aug 27, 2005
Is there a way to remove certain things from the Add/Remove Programs file list? I've manually deleted about seven programs, because their Uninstall would not startup, but the programs stay on the list.
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Aug 19, 2006
If there is a trick or program that will let me get a list of all the programs in my add/remove programs list
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Sep 16, 2004
My add/remove programs list still shows items uninstalled and is missing installed items such as IE 6 I have downloaded several "fixit tools" which fixed nothing and compounded the problem.
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Nov 23, 2007
I always wondered if there is something wrong with my add/remove programs. When I open Add/Remove programs, it takes like 2-3 minutes until it loads. Should It take this long? How can I fix this?
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May 8, 2005
I can't seem to get rid of the remnants some Nokia programs that my son installed on the PC.
They wouldn't uninstall using the conventional method so I just deleted the folders and used Registry Medic to clean up the mess.
The only thing left is in the add/remove programs list.
I have gone in the registry and in the 'uninstall section' removed all things 'Nokia' but still they remain.
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Sep 29, 2005
Just ran my Add/Remove Programs utility from the Control panel, and it said populating please wait.
Half an hour later, the list still has nothing in it !
Windows XP Home Edition SP 2
How can I fix this?
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Mar 26, 2006
When I go into the add remove programs from the control panel, the list never gets displayed. I get a 'Please wait while the list is populated...", but nothing happens after that. This is on a fresh install on a new PC, with only about 6 programs installed (Photoshop, Photomechanic, etc). Nothing out of the ordinary.
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Apr 22, 2006
There any way I could remove the name of a program from the Add or Remove Programs list? So its not listed there?
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Mar 6, 2007
I want to remove a bunch of programmes that are listed on my start/programmes list and some have desktop icons however when i go to the add/remove programmes utillity none of them are listed.
I have tried removing some with a simple 'delete' from my computer/C/programmes but most cannot be removed and i am advised to use add/remove programmes.
How do i get A/R programmes to show what is loaded on the pooter?
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Apr 3, 2007
I have just installed a Program (Music Publisher) but it has not appeared on the Add/Remove List. The Program seems to be working OK and has its own uninstall feature so its not a problem why it does not appear on the XP Add/Remove List ?
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Mar 16, 2010
if you right click on on your task bar than click on properties, than on customize tub under taskbar, than you can see the past items listed in customiz notifications table, so how i can remove these items?
thank you in advance
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Apr 27, 2007
At the top of my Add/Remove Programs List I see a blank listing. It is 3.71 MB in size, it reports as being used "frequently" even though it says it was last used 3/5/2006.Odd.I don't know what would be causing this, any ideas?May I mention that there is NOT a button for change/remove program.
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Feb 4, 2007
I have XPsp2. Why does it take Control Panel and in particular, Add/Remove Programs such a long time to open and populate its list.
It can take anywhere from 10-40 seconds to do this. My drive is 40% free.
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Sep 16, 2005
I noticed that whenever I try accessing the add/remove list in Control Panel, it seems to not be assessible. I would like to get this list back.
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Jun 21, 2005
I have two proggrams in the Add/Remove Program list that will not 'un-install'. I've removed them manually but they still show in the list. any way of altering the settings [ registry ?] so these don't show in future ?
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Apr 5, 2005
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