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Programs Cannot Be Uninstalled In Vista?
Corson writes "I am surprised that nobody seems to have mentioned this here yet. Possibly after one of the latest updates in Windows Vista, two strange things happened: first, the Uninstall option is no longer available in the Control Panel when you right-click on older programs (most likely, those installed prior to the update in question, because uninstall works fine for recently installed programs — the Uninstall button is also missing on the toolbar at the top); second, some programs are no longer shown on the applications list in Control Panel (e.g., Yahoo Messenger). A Google search returns quite a few hits on this issue (e.g., one, two, three, and four) but everybody seems to be waiting patiently for a sign from Microsoft. But the company seems to have no clue or they would have fixed it already. I am just curious how many of you are experiencing this nuisance."
Sorry to interrupt the anti-Microsoft circle jerk, but my Windows Vista (64-bit Ultimate) does not have this problem. While I understand some people may have this problem, the Original Post makes it sound as if this has occurred on every single copy of Windows Vista that has ran the latest update; which as you can tell is not the case. Why does a minority problem even get Slashdotted? Because it's about Microsoft or because it's a slow Sunday? Linux, Linux, Linux, Linux.