Ro1955 wrote:
> I have programs that are listed in the control panel under add or
> remove programs "Currently installed programs" when I run the
> search to find them on the hard drive only short cuts show up. When
> selected the short cut can't be found. How do I locate the program
> nothing is comming up in the searchs except for short cuts that
> can't be found when selected. Are the programs really still there
> or is it possible they have been removed?
How about letting everyone in on *how* you got to this point - where you
must ask this question.
Did you do a parallel installation? Attempt a clean installation? Do a
repair installation? Use a registry cleaner product? Use a hard disk drive
cleanup? Delete directories randomly? Allow someone other than yourself to
utilize your compiuter without you watching them and they may have done
that? Gotten and cleaned off a virus/trojan/worm or spyware/adware/malware?
What operating system is this?
What edition of said operating system?
What service pack (last one installed) is installed on this system?
What antivirus software do you utilize?
How many users are on this system?
What do you do for backups?
Are these programs under the C:\Program Files\ directory structure (the ones
you supposedly cannot find...)?
What are the names of some of these programs?
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