Add and Remove programs comes up blank OR takes a long time to populate information

You can alternately uninstall applications manually without using Add/Remove Programs. Each installed application will typically have an uninstall string associated with it that will allow manual uninstall. To find the uninstall string, do the following: 

·         1. Open the registry editor (Regedit.exe) and browse to the following location:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

·         2. Each application should be listed under this key. Find the application by either its name or GUID.

3.   3.Copy the value for UninstallString and paste this into Start- Run. This should uninstall the application in the same manner as Add/Remove Programs.

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