It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. Does anyone know what is the process name of 'Add or Remove Programs' applet? It hung up and I would like to kill it. In other words, it doesn't have a dedicated process. You should be able to go to the applications tab, right-click on the application, and click Go To Process. I tested on my machine, In windows 7 this process was explorer.
I killed that process and it closes it out nicely. You will have to kill and respawn the Explorer. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Thanks for your feedback. It just hangs with rundll On another site it was recommended to type in "appwiz. I rebooted in Safe Mode to test it that way, as recommended elsewhere, and it behaved the same: it appears to open but the list never appears.
The list populated almost immediately. Unfortunately, this didn't work when I rebooted normally. To get to Safe Mode: a Restart your computer and start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard. On a computer that is configured for booting to multiple operating systems, you can press the F8 key when the Boot Menu appears. You might also click on the KB article number below and see if the following KB article will help with your issue. I don't know if there is any way to download the program again and try reinstalling it, but anything would help.
In the KB article, it states if the article doesn't help, then an In-Place upgrade would be the next step. Skip to content Menu. How to add or remove programs in Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP and server versions. Windows 8, Server Windows Vista, 7, Server Windows XP, If this article was useful for you, please consider supporting us by making a donation.
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