werner stern
April 14th 03, 04:32 PM
There might be another way. I installed XP prof and all my programs
disappeared. I had made a backup of my entire c: drive onto another logical
(having been in this boat before). I had to manually reinstall the start
items one-by-one. Windows doesn't do this. Also I ran my programs from
windows explorer, and of course, all the .dll files were missing from
windows/system and system32. So I simply copied them over from the spare
windows directory.
Slow and cumbersome but it's the only way to go if you don't have or don't
want to reinstall the programs.
I hate this part of upgrading.
--
Regards,
Werner
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"Doug Knox MS-MVP" > wrote in message
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> If you installed over XP, instead of doing a "repair" or "upgrade in
place"
> installation, you'll have to reinstall your applications.
>
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> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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> "Michael Dela Pena" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I just recently re-installed XP Home Edition. All the
> > programs that were in the start menu previous to the
> > reinstall are no longer there. How do I get windows to
> > repopulate all the programs I have?
>
>
disappeared. I had made a backup of my entire c: drive onto another logical
(having been in this boat before). I had to manually reinstall the start
items one-by-one. Windows doesn't do this. Also I ran my programs from
windows explorer, and of course, all the .dll files were missing from
windows/system and system32. So I simply copied them over from the spare
windows directory.
Slow and cumbersome but it's the only way to go if you don't have or don't
want to reinstall the programs.
I hate this part of upgrading.
--
Regards,
Werner
Remove nospam from email address
"Doug Knox MS-MVP" > wrote in message
...
> If you installed over XP, instead of doing a "repair" or "upgrade in
place"
> installation, you'll have to reinstall your applications.
>
> --
> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
> --------------------------------
> Associate Expert
> ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> --------------------------------
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
> "Michael Dela Pena" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I just recently re-installed XP Home Edition. All the
> > programs that were in the start menu previous to the
> > reinstall are no longer there. How do I get windows to
> > repopulate all the programs I have?
>
>