Lost "Add/remove SW" in Control panel VISTA64

I all of a sudden cannot see anymore the "add/remove SW" in the VISTA64
control panel.
How do I get it back?

 

"Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I all of a sudden cannot see anymore the "add/remove SW" in the VISTA64
> control panel.
> How do I get it back?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Programs and Features

 

Hi,

Click start, type:

control appwiz.cpl

and hit <enter>. Does this open the applet? If so, it may be in the wrong
folder (should be under C:\Windows\System32). If not, then the applet may be
either missing or damaged.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help -

"Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I all of a sudden cannot see anymore the "add/remove SW" in the VISTA64
>control panel.
> How do I get it back? <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

Thanks, guys. Works fine. Just do not understand why MS had to change
something SO basic that we knew for YEARS where it was.

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23$7eEZSTKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Hi,
>
> Click start, type:
>
> control appwiz.cpl
>
> and hit <enter>. Does this open the applet? If so, it may be in the wrong
> folder (should be under C:WindowsSystem32). If not, then the applet may
> be either missing or damaged.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>
> Windows help -
>
> "Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:3304BEC9-82B4-4562-8267-345327653D6B@microsoft.com...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>>I all of a sudden cannot see anymore the "add/remove SW" in the VISTA64
>>control panel.
>> How do I get it back?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

Hi,

They changed the appearance of that applet, but its name and location remain
the same as it was in XP and 2000.

If I understand correctly, running that command opened the applet. If so,
have you checked that it is in the correct location?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help -

"Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uYXEQeSTKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Thanks, guys. Works fine. Just do not understand why MS had to change
> something SO basic that we knew for YEARS where it was.
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23$7eEZSTKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> Hi,
>>
>> Click start, type:
>>
>> control appwiz.cpl
>>
>> and hit <enter>. Does this open the applet? If so, it may be in the wrong
>> folder (should be under C:WindowsSystem32). If not, then the applet may
>> be either missing or damaged.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>
>> Windows help -
>>
>> "Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:3304BEC9-82B4-4562-8267-345327653D6B@microsoft.com...<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>>I all of a sudden cannot see anymore the "add/remove SW" in the VISTA64
>>>control panel.
>>> How do I get it back?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

I don't understand it either.
Few professionals understand why MS has to wreck a good, working OS that
WinXP was.

Not only this was damaged, but also Display properties were broken into
separate applets instead of a single, LOGICAL window with logical tabs.
In Vista it all became messed up and broken into sub-windows.
Stupid.

I don't even know whther it went back to XP style in Win7, but XP was good