add-remove won't work

philstar

Of late i can't seem to be able to install or uninstall programs on my pc

is there any way around this? safe mode?

is it a corrupt registry (win xp)

rolliepoley

How late? and did you try a system restore.

johndoe99

give this a go:

http://support.microsoft.com/mats/program_install_and_uninstall/en

tony1980

Try ccleaner to remove them and see if that works.

philstar

johndoe99 wrote: »

give this a go:

http://support.microsoft.com/mats/program_install_and_uninstall/en

downloaded it, but even that won't run:(

get a runtime error 80070005

johndoe99

philstar wrote: »

downloaded it, but even that won't run:(

get a runtime error 80070005

have a read of this (there is a solution here):

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/61ce9777-aaac-41b5-ac02-eae76759d1d3/windows-update-error-80070005

apparently that error code appears when the program cannot update a file, which is similar as your original problem.

philstar

^^^^^^^^

ya i saw that website earlier, but there seems to be several solutions..

the 3rd post contradicts the 2nd post, so i don't know what to do

johndoe99

philstar wrote: »

^^^^^^^^

ya i saw that website earlier, but there seems to be several solutions..

the 3rd post contradicts the 2nd post, so i don't know what to do

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