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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message
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In message , Andrew E.
writes:
Try run,type: appwiz.cpl

Doesn't that just do the same as selecting add/remove from the Control Panel? (It
does on here.) I've passed it on, anyway!

You may also want to run SFC /Scannow in cmd..

As I have with that.

From what I remember under '9x, sfc checks files against some record it keeps, and
when it finds one that's different, offers to restore the original, ignore it (in
which case it'll report it again next time you run sfc), or update its record (so
that it doesn't report that particular file next time sfc is run).

Assuming it does something similar under XP, any particular files you're expecting
it to find? (The above one seems one obvious one, I suppose!)

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:

My friend's (XP) computer has just started this symptom: add/remove
comes up, but then just sits there. It does _not_ say "please wait while
list is populated". If we try the "windows components" part, that _does_
appear.
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(Just to clarify: the add/remove window _does_ appear - it just doesn't seem to be
_doing_ anything [the "please wait" _isn't_ appearing]. The Windows Components
part works, and the list _does_ appear in safe mode.)
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