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I have lost all of my installed programs listings in the Add/Remove<br />
Programs in the Control Panel. &nbsp;That is, the dialog box is now empty. &nbsp;Is <br />
there a way I can refresh the registry to find my 32 bit installed<br />
programs? &nbsp;I do not have a good backup registry!<br />
Is there a file outside the registry that contains the info I lost or is it all in the registry? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ruth Lowell<br />

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I have lost all of my installed programs listings in the Add/Remove
Programs in the Control Panel.  That is, the dialog box is now empty.  Is 
there a way I can refresh the registry to find my 32 bit installed
programs?  I do not have a good backup registry!
Is there a file outside the registry that contains the info I lost or is it all in the registry?             						Ruth Lowell


No install programs in Control Panel

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