Add or remove programs list issues? Or something more sinister....?

[noddaz]

I am running Win XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service pack 2 and have a question about the Add and Remove Programs screen.
My question is that I seem to have this large blanked out space between the listing of two of the programs.  The screen is either blacked out or has alternating wide black/white stripes.  I am concerned that maybe something has taken over part of my machine and is hiding the listing.
Is that possible?  If it was caused by something malicious, how do I remove the blanked out part?  Or is it nothing to be concerned about?
The computer itself is a Compaq Presario w/Celeron 2.53 GHz and 760 MB ram.

TIA for any help,
nodddaz

[patio]

Do you or did you at one time have Autocad installed on that machine ? ?

[noddaz]

Do you or did you at one time have Autocad installed on that machine ? ?

No.  I have not.

[ale52]

If you've updated and run antivirus and antispyware scans and have come up with nothing, then I wouldn't be too concerned.  Sometimes windoze just messes up and doesn't know how to fix itself. 

Alan <>< 

[contrex]

Could be a badly coded program uninstaller. For example, AutoCAD is famous for causing this problem, it creates an incorrect registry entry for the uninstaller icon.

[Broni]

You may want to get "X-Setup", and see what it finds. It used to be free, not it's a shareware, but it should be functional enough for your problem.
A lot of good reading here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/170295-46-remove-programs-empty-space

[Fed]

Out of curiosity what does the Tools section of Ccleaner show, you may even be able to delete the blank space from there.
If not a quick Google for "add remove" +white brings up plenty of remedies.

[patio]

I just remembered the other APP that causes this Photoshop...

[noddaz]

Thanks for the tips..
I will try one or more when I get the chance...