Unable to Use “Add or Remove Programs”?

Its readers query time, Again. This time an anonymous mail came to me, which said, “Hello Pawan, My add and remove function is not working, I am not able to uninstall and install any of the programs, what can be problem, and the solution to this.”

Well, this person was definitely facing problem as he was not able to uninstall any of the programs. A simple registry tweak should help him out, as he used a disposable Email ID, so I was not able to contact him. This registry tweak was tried on windows Xp, and worked fine.
Here is what this Anonymous person needs to do.

1. Go to Start –> Run, and type Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Uninstall
3. On the right pane, look for DWord NoAddRemovePrograms
4. Change its value to “0” to disable it
5. If you don’t see this DWord you can create it as well, because when it is not created, it means it is not defined. So its always better to define it.

Hope this small registry tweak will help this Anonymous person