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hi sentient fluid
i read your posts on Google:
well, i found a solution on my machine (AutoCad 2002 SP1 on WinXP SP1). the problem is with a dodgy icon that AutoCad references when it creates the Add/Remove item in the registry. i fixed the reference, and woop, no more space!
if you still have this problem, open up regedit.exe and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
then you have to find the subkey that contains the AutoCad uninstall info. on my machine with AutoCad 2002 SP1 installed, the subkey is: {5783F2D7-0101-0409-0000-0060B0CE6BBA}
the correct subkey should contain a "DisplayName" value of "AutoCad 2002" or whatever.
once you've located it, you need to change the "DisplayIcon" value. in my case, the incorrect value was: "C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2002\acad.exe,-1"
note the "-1" at the end? change this bit to "1", ie: "C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2002\acad.exe,1"
that's it. hope that helps.
regards roland