Missing accessories and game programs

I started out on www.microsoft.com/athome/default.aspx. I clicked on Setup +
Maintenance and Fix My Computer. In the drop down box, I clicked on Optimize
Your Computer for Peak Performance. This led me to the Disk Cleanup dialog
box where I clicked the tab for More Options. This led me to click Cllean
Disk button after the Accessories and Games were displayed with checkmarks.
A huge mistake on my part, no question.
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Joe


"Jose" wrote:

On Oct 21, 1:55 am, Joe wrote:
The games and accessories were not deleted by the add and delete programs on
the control file.
I just did a search and found Winmine.exe on C:\windows\system32 a 117kb
Application file.
I have several i386 folders on my C drive, many are bckup files from
replacing the hard drive a couple of years ago. The one looking most
promising to me is
C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles.
I do not have access to a bootable Home Installation C/D and yes I have
tried the System Restore in Safe Mode after turning off Norton and Windows
firewall.
Is there any hope?
--
Joe



"Jose" wrote:
On Oct 18, 6:06 pm, Joe wrote:
I mistakenly deleted my accessories and games programs while attempting to
speed up my Windows XP Home Edition O.S.

I trie the Add/Remove Windows Components icon on the control file to add
them back but they were not found when I inserted my original Reinstallation
C/D. Instead, I got a Copy Error from D:\i386.

I believe they are available on the system somewhere because the system
knows what is missing and the amount of space needed. I appreciate your help
folks.
--
Joe

If you used Add/Remove programs to remove the items a System Restore
will get them back (I just tried it). The Games folder remains, but
is empty.

sfc /scannow will not help you recover your removed components and
will result in considerable frustration if you do not have a bootable
XP intallation CD that matches your system. It is not a reinstaller
of deleted components - no need to try.

The exectuables behind the games are gone (remember the deleting files
messages?) so winmine.exe is gone - no need to look.

Windows knows how much room the components are supposed to consume, so
that is why you still see a number for how much room they are supposed
to consume. It does not mean the files are still there.

Do you have or can you borrow a bootable XP Home installation CD.
This is not the same as one of the recovery CDs that may have come
with a store bought system.

Do you have a D partition on your HDD? Do you have an i386 folder on
your C or D drive?

You should still figure out why your SR does not work and there
several reasons for that. and using this method from Norton:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...ocs/2005113009...

Have you tried SR by booting in Safe Mode?

.

Then you should have said (and still haven't) how you deleted them and
I should have asked again. Since you mentioned Add/Remove at first,
that is what I thought and then Pegasus asked for an example. And
then I specifically asked IF you used Add/Remove programs. If you did
sfc /scannow will not help you. If will not reinstall things that are
uninstalled or replace items deleted from the Start menu.

sfc /scannow is a waste of time if you just delete the items from your
Start menu Games folder or anything from your Start menu since you are
merely deleting folders/shortcuts. SFC doesn't know or care about
folders/shortcuts. Deleting things from the Start menu generally does
not uninstall it and will leave the installed executables behind
(which you found).

Did you just go down the line deleting the games from the Start, Games
list until the Games folder was empty?

If your Accessories are missing describe how they became missing.
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