add/remove program

[bbeenn]

ok i have a big problem when i click on the add/remove programthing in the control panel it just sais "value creation failed" at line 472

what do i do i have windows xp home with sp1

[JamezStewart]

Well you probably unistalled/deleted some of the files for that program manually, so it doesnt have the files it needs to uninstall.

You can either re-install it, then uninstall it again (that will work) or if not you can just remove the program from the add/remove programs list.

http://download.com.com/3000-2096-10128963.html?tag=lst-0-17


Jamez

[bbeenn]

no you dont understand the unstall thing list thing that is built into windows dosent open

[JamezStewart]

oh.

Well, all you have to do is re-install windows then. Just pop the CD in and REINSTALL (not a clean install).

You wont loose any programs, files or settings.


Jamez

[bbeenn]

oh but im getting so board of reinstalling windows

[JamezStewart]

Well when you re-install it this time, start making a regular habit of creating "Restore Points".

Then, when something goes wrong, you can simply 'restore' your computer back to when it was working ok.

Jamez

[bbeenn]

on my friends old pc we had to reinstall windows like every week until it broke and he got a new one

[JamezStewart]

On the PC I have at the moment I have never needed to re-install windows.

What are you doing to your computers??! What did you do to them just before you notice this problem?

Jamez

[bbeenn]

i had just formated and reinstaled windows about a month ago and i just went to open it so i could unstall something and this stupid error came up

[TwoZigzagColt45]

I'll take a guess & say your using a reg cleaner ???
am I right ?

IMHO XP is really hard to break

I personally dont use restore > ever since it backed up a virus

prefer to use a backup program like DriveImage
which I only ever use when I'm checking out new programs, betas & untested reg tweaking

:cool:

[Dr.MAD]

Are you using a copy of the windows disk? Maybe it's just a bad copy, and that's why windows screws up so often. Anyways, what Jamez said is correct, you need to reinstall windows, and try to make a backup of your HDD (ghosting can be useful)

[Gee Gee]

Looks like it is a problem with a theme/style you are using, have a read through here http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/index.php?page=showcomments&id=152

[bbeenn]

thanck you GEE GEE and all these people wanted me to reinstall windows