Programs missing from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel

[nikkiy21]

For some reason, most of the programs installed on my XP machine have disappeared from the Add/Remove programs in control panel. Any idea why this is and how I can fix the problem?

Thanks in advance.
Nikki

 

[honvetops]

do you have any "younger" brothers or sisters!

 

[nikkiy21]

No and nobody has access to my machine!

The programs are all still on my machine and working fine, its just they have disappeared from add/remove programs.