hello~
i have a sony vaio laptop that came with XP home as an OS.
i didn't like the XP home, so i put 2000pro on it. now the
add/remove programs function does not work... and my
girlfriend accidentally downloaded the "my search" spyware
toolbar... and i cannot get rid of it because my
add/remove programs function does not work... my spyware
remover will not "uninstall" this lousy toolbar...
any suggestions appreciated,
thanks in advance,
~ryanS

What happens when you attempt to open Add/Remove Programs? This may help:

329862 Cannot Open Add/Remove Programs in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329862

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"nightingale" <ryansusa3@msn.com> wrote in message
news:063301c3af0a$b89349a0$a401280a@phx.gbl...

ok~
i get: An unexpected error occured.
Class not registered

res://appwiz.cpl/listbox.htc
Line: 225

hope this helps, and thanks for your reply...
~ryanS

nightingale wrote:

Hi

From the "Run" box try

regsvr32 %windir%\system32\appwiz.cpl

and
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\webvw.dll

and
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\mshtml.dll


If that doesn't help:

Cannot Open Add/Remove Programs in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329862

Add/Remove Programs Tool Displays Installed Programs Incorrectly
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=266668

The article above also tells you how to repair Internet Explorer 6.0

In the German newsgroup, one person fixed the same type of error by
reinstalling IE
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...%40127. 0.0.1



See tip 6032 at http://www.jsiinc.com/reghack.htm as well

If this doesn't help, try to reinstall the OS service pack you already have
installed (or install a newer one if possible).

If the problem persists, you'll could do an in-place upgrade of the OS and see
if it helps:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292175


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also~
i forgot to mention... when i open the add/remove program
screen... it says: "there are no programs currently
installed on this computer"... and the "installed
programns" are listed far below... but the add/remove is
buttons do not function...
hope this helps too,
~ry