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How do I get rid of a very strange entry in Control Panel's "Add or Remove Programs" list?

Asked by colinasad in Windows XP Operating System

Tags: Microsoft, Windows XP, XP

In my Windows XP Professional Contol Panel I have a very strange entry the "Add or Remove Programs" list.
I have attached a Word document showing the top, middle and end of this entry.
It is a series of long black and white solid blocks that go on and on for centimetres. There is no text attached to this entry which does not display a "Change" or "Remove" button either.
The small block on the right-hand vertical scroll bar shows how long this entry is. There are only a couple of programs above and below this one in the list, but the "scrolling block" is very small and indicates how long the list is.
This was a cleaned-out PC just back from the repair shop where a new motherboard had been installed. I had tried (for the first time ever) to install an "msi" file that I had created on another PC that hopefully contained an "Access 2007 adp Project" with an Access 2007 "runtime" bundled in. That seemed to "install" OK on the PC but doesn't seem to work properly. The "Access Runtime" program was displayed in the "Add or Remove Programs" list but my own application name isn't, but it does appear in my "Start - All Programs" list.
I did this msi installation before I had installed my old copy of MS Office 97 Professional that I used to run on this PC. Perhaps I should have installed Office first.
Has anyone seen anything like this before, and is there any way I can get rif of it?

Many thanks. Colin.
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