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Add/Remove Programs Tool Missing In My Control Panel

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#1: Nov 26 '08
Hi Bytes,

In my system, cant show the tool Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

can you please suggest how can i recover it?

Os :Windows XP,Service Pack 3,

Help..
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#2: Nov 26 '08

re: Add/Remove Programs Tool Missing In My Control Panel

Try to run this command, and see what happens:
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  1. C:\WINDOWS\system32\appwiz.cpl
Just go to start->run, and paste it in.
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#3: Nov 26 '08

re: Add/Remove Programs Tool Missing In My Control Panel

Just a quick side note you can just type appwiz.cpl Windows looks in the system32 folder for the file.
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