Programs disappear off of drive.

[Nancy]

I'm running XP Home Edition and have had three entire
programs disappear off my drive along with their containing
folders. It happened not all at once, but three separate
times. I had used these programs frequently and when
clicking on the icon for the program in the start menu,
Windows could not find it. I did thorough searches and
found that they vanished. I should mention that I am the
only user of the computer and I'm not on a Network.
Is this problem an issue with Windows XP, or does anyone
know why this happened?
Thanks.

Nancy

[Maureen Goldman]

"Nancy" > wrote:

>I'm running XP Home Edition and have had three entire
>programs disappear off my drive along with their containing
>folders. It happened not all at once, but three separate
>times. I had used these programs frequently and when
>clicking on the icon for the program in the start menu,
>Windows could not find it. I did thorough searches and
>found that they vanished. I should mention that I am the
>only user of the computer and I'm not on a Network.
>Is this problem an issue with Windows XP, or does anyone
>know why this happened?
>Thanks.

If Windows can't find it, then that's really bizarre. Out of
curiosity, do you have the option to see hidden files enabled? I have
to wonder if they're still there, but hidden. (Control Panel \ File
Options \ View.) You did use Find, yes?

And... Mother of Four, here. is there anyone else in the household who
might use the computer despite being told not to? I can envision a kid
trying to cover his\her tracks and accidentally covering yours as
well.

[Nancy]

I do have it set to show hidden files and did several
searches.

Nancy


"Maureen Goldman" > wrote in
message ...
> "Nancy" > wrote:
>
> >I'm running XP Home Edition and have had three entire
> >programs disappear off my drive along with their
containing
> >folders. It happened not all at once, but three separate
> >times. I had used these programs frequently and when
> >clicking on the icon for the program in the start menu,
> >Windows could not find it. I did thorough searches and
> >found that they vanished. I should mention that I am the
> >only user of the computer and I'm not on a Network.
> >Is this problem an issue with Windows XP, or does anyone
> >know why this happened?
> >Thanks.
>
> If Windows can't find it, then that's really bizarre. Out
of
> curiosity, do you have the option to see hidden files
enabled? I have
> to wonder if they're still there, but hidden. (Control
Panel \ File
> Options \ View.) You did use Find, yes?
>
> And... Mother of Four, here. is there anyone else in the
household who
> might use the computer despite being told not to? I can
envision a kid
> trying to cover his\her tracks and accidentally covering
yours as
> well.
>