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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
I have on a separate partition my Program Files and all of a sudden I do not
see this Folder anymore, yet all programs seem to work as before. What is the matter? |
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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
Try StartSearchFiles and Folderstype Programs Filesclick OK
-- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: I have on a separate partition my Program Files and all of a sudden I do not see this Folder anymore, yet all programs seem to work as before. What is the matter? |
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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
Sorry, last item is to click Search, not OK, for there is no OK.
When it finds the folder hover the mouse over it and it will tell you the location. -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: I have on a separate partition my Program Files and all of a sudden I do not see this Folder anymore, yet all programs seem to work as before. What is the matter? |
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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
Well, I tried it and it did find a number of Program Files, but none for
Drive H, where I have all my programs installed. Going to Explore on that drive also shows no Program Files (which were always there), yet the Properties show that 13.5 GB are installed and so far I see that all programs seem to work. Checking with 2 programs for a Virus also showed none and my programs, as I said, seem to work. BUT - I like the Program Folder back, because I cannot make a selection without that folder. Very mysterious. Never had such a thing happen in 10 years. "Byte" wrote in message news Sorry, last item is to click Search, not OK, for there is no OK. When it finds the folder hover the mouse over it and it will tell you the location. -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: I have on a separate partition my Program Files and all of a sudden I do not see this Folder anymore, yet all programs seem to work as before. What is the matter? |
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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
When you did the Search, did you change the location to look in
to "H" drive? -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: Well, I tried it and it did find a number of Program Files, but none for Drive H, where I have all my programs installed. Going to Explore on that drive also shows no Program Files (which were always there), yet the Properties show that 13.5 GB are installed and so far I see that all programs seem to work. Checking with 2 programs for a Virus also showed none and my programs, as I said, seem to work. BUT - I like the Program Folder back, because I cannot make a selection without that folder. Very mysterious. Never had such a thing happen in 10 years. "Byte" wrote in message news Sorry, last item is to click Search, not OK, for there is no OK. When it finds the folder hover the mouse over it and it will tell you the location. -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: I have on a separate partition my Program Files and all of a sudden I do not see this Folder anymore, yet all programs seem to work as before. What is the matter? |
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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
I let it search to ALL drives.
"Byte" wrote in message ... When you did the Search, did you change the location to look in to "H" drive? -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: Well, I tried it and it did find a number of Program Files, but none for Drive H, where I have all my programs installed. Going to Explore on that drive also shows no Program Files (which were always there), yet the Properties show that 13.5 GB are installed and so far I see that all programs seem to work. Checking with 2 programs for a Virus also showed none and my programs, as I said, seem to work. BUT - I like the Program Folder back, because I cannot make a selection without that folder. Very mysterious. Never had such a thing happen in 10 years. "Byte" wrote in message news Sorry, last item is to click Search, not OK, for there is no OK. When it finds the folder hover the mouse over it and it will tell you the location. -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: I have on a separate partition my Program Files and all of a sudden I do not see this Folder anymore, yet all programs seem to work as before. What is the matter? |
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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
"ritter197" wrote in message news:0MsJf.148$GQ.23@trnddc03... I let it search to ALL drives. "Byte" wrote in message ... When you did the Search, did you change the location to look in to "H" drive? -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: Well, I tried it and it did find a number of Program Files, but none for Drive H, where I have all my programs installed. Going to Explore on that drive also shows no Program Files (which were always there), yet the Properties show that 13.5 GB are installed and so far I see that all programs seem to work. Checking with 2 programs for a Virus also showed none and my programs, as I said, seem to work. BUT - I like the Program Folder back, because I cannot make a selection without that folder. Very mysterious. Never had such a thing happen in 10 years. "Byte" wrote in message news Sorry, last item is to click Search, not OK, for there is no OK. When it finds the folder hover the mouse over it and it will tell you the location. -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: I have on a separate partition my Program Files and all of a sudden I do not see this Folder anymore, yet all programs seem to work as before. What is the matter? Did you search Hidden files? |
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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
Go to My ComputerToolsFolder OptionsView
and check Show Hidden Files and Folders. The folder you are looking for more than likely is hidden. TonySper "ritter197" wrote in message news:0MsJf.148$GQ.23@trnddc03... I let it search to ALL drives. "Byte" wrote in message ... When you did the Search, did you change the location to look in to "H" drive? -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: Well, I tried it and it did find a number of Program Files, but none for Drive H, where I have all my programs installed. Going to Explore on that drive also shows no Program Files (which were always there), yet the Properties show that 13.5 GB are installed and so far I see that all programs seem to work. Checking with 2 programs for a Virus also showed none and my programs, as I said, seem to work. BUT - I like the Program Folder back, because I cannot make a selection without that folder. Very mysterious. Never had such a thing happen in 10 years. "Byte" wrote in message news Sorry, last item is to click Search, not OK, for there is no OK. When it finds the folder hover the mouse over it and it will tell you the location. -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: I have on a separate partition my Program Files and all of a sudden I do not see this Folder anymore, yet all programs seem to work as before. What is the matter? |
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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
I did search HIDEB files too.
The download keeps on asking for Association. that bugs me. There is no association since this is the first Acrobat Reader 7.x download. "Chuck Davis" newsgroup at anthemwebs dot com wrote in message ... "ritter197" wrote in message news:0MsJf.148$GQ.23@trnddc03... I let it search to ALL drives. "Byte" wrote in message ... When you did the Search, did you change the location to look in to "H" drive? -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: Well, I tried it and it did find a number of Program Files, but none for Drive H, where I have all my programs installed. Going to Explore on that drive also shows no Program Files (which were always there), yet the Properties show that 13.5 GB are installed and so far I see that all programs seem to work. Checking with 2 programs for a Virus also showed none and my programs, as I said, seem to work. BUT - I like the Program Folder back, because I cannot make a selection without that folder. Very mysterious. Never had such a thing happen in 10 years. "Byte" wrote in message news Sorry, last item is to click Search, not OK, for there is no OK. When it finds the folder hover the mouse over it and it will tell you the location. -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: I have on a separate partition my Program Files and all of a sudden I do not see this Folder anymore, yet all programs seem to work as before. What is the matter? Did you search Hidden files? |
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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
No, I tried that. Did not work. Download will not install. No Viruses
either. Checked that with 3 programs. "TonySper" wrote in message ... Go to My ComputerToolsFolder OptionsView and check Show Hidden Files and Folders. The folder you are looking for more than likely is hidden. TonySper "ritter197" wrote in message news:0MsJf.148$GQ.23@trnddc03... I let it search to ALL drives. "Byte" wrote in message ... When you did the Search, did you change the location to look in to "H" drive? -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: Well, I tried it and it did find a number of Program Files, but none for Drive H, where I have all my programs installed. Going to Explore on that drive also shows no Program Files (which were always there), yet the Properties show that 13.5 GB are installed and so far I see that all programs seem to work. Checking with 2 programs for a Virus also showed none and my programs, as I said, seem to work. BUT - I like the Program Folder back, because I cannot make a selection without that folder. Very mysterious. Never had such a thing happen in 10 years. "Byte" wrote in message news Sorry, last item is to click Search, not OK, for there is no OK. When it finds the folder hover the mouse over it and it will tell you the location. -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "ritter197" wrote: I have on a separate partition my Program Files and all of a sudden I do not see this Folder anymore, yet all programs seem to work as before. What is the matter? |
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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
ritter197 wrote:
I did search HIDEB files too. Did you also uncheck "Hide protected Operating system Files" as well? |
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Where did Program Files go? in Win XP?
YES. I also checked that.
"Gordon" wrote in message ... ritter197 wrote: I did search HIDEB files too. Did you also uncheck "Hide protected Operating system Files" as well? |
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