Installed programs not showing up in Control Panel > Uninstall Programs List

Question

I noticed a couple of weeks ago that most of my installed programs, mainly the ones that I installed myself (but not all), do not show up in my Uninstall portion of the Control Panel.  They are all on my computer, and I can use them all.  I also noticed that most of the programs that do NOT show up are in the Program Files (x86) folder in the C drive.  The programs that DO show up seem to be ones that came installed on the computer when I bought it (this is not the case for all of them), and are in the regular Program Files folder on the C drive.  Any idea what the problem may be, and how to fix it?

Here is what is showing up (notice there are not times/dates listed in the 'Last Used On' column.  These used to show up).

http://content.screencast.com/users/gbowers2/folders/Jing/media/a01ab862-105e-4fc8-b4e1-7160ad80179b/2011-10-12_2334.png

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi GraceBowers,

 Which programs you are not able to see under uninstall programs List?

Method 1You will not be able to see all the installed programs under uninstall programs list like Internet Explorer, Windows Media player etc. If you want to see the location of the program try the steps.

a. Right click on the program.

b. Click on the properties.

c. Check for the location of the program where it was installed.

Method 2

I would suggest you to try the manual steps from the following link.

Add/Remove Programs tool displays installed programs incorrectly (Applies to Windows 7)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266668

Note: Manual steps will work even for Windows 7.

Answer 2

have 2 Hard Drives and now in Contol Panel/ Programs and Features......It only shows me everything on my "C" Drive [OS Drive} and shows NOTHING on my "F" Drive?????