How To Reinstall Windows Without Removing Programs Installed?
Jul 29, 2009
I do not have reinstall option on CD of windows vista, and i have found major problems after i do system restore, I just need to upgrade or doing something to reinstall windows on same folder as CD gives me new installation no upgrade, And i want replace installation to replace files and install windows again and keeping updates and upgrades i done to the windows. also, to keep software installed, i used to do that in windows XP but could not do it in Vista as no option for upgrade, or install windows on same folder so that not losing the files or programs installed.
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Apr 30, 2008
I had picked up some spyware and so installed a security and cleaning program,after that, i could not get my internet connection working so i uninstalled the program, then internet would only partially work, so , frustrated ,i used system restore, now my internet is back like it should be but some of the programs like spydoctor that i tried is trying to open up at startup and i cant remove it because the file is missing(since it was after the restore point), now what? how do i remove the leftovers?
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Sep 12, 2009
.. programs from the right-click menu. How is this done? I still have Spybot showing in the right-click menu and it's long gone. How do I remove it from the menu?
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Jul 7, 2009
is there a way to reinstall some programs i had when i first got my computer. like if i got annoyed of a program so i uninstalled it, but now i want it back and i dont want to reboot my entire computer again
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Mar 26, 2008
Just installed Vista Home Premium as upgrade to Windows XP. Do I need to reinstall all my existing programs? Is there a way to create a short cut to the existiing programs.
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Sep 12, 2009
is there a complete correct way to install vista /windows 7 64bit and keep all of 32bit installed programs and files in there orginal place? Its taken more than a year to get all of the settings and programs to this condition and i now need to upgrade to 64bit so that i can use all of that extra RAM.! any ideas on the way ahead would be most
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Apr 21, 2008
I had to reinstall Vista after it refused to work with my video card following download of SP1. The previous installation has two user accounts, one for me and one for my wife.
1) Programs no longer work - will I have to reinstall everything?
2) We both need access to our old Outlook PST files. I know these were probably kept in windows.old but is there likely to be any problems accessing them? If so, what do I need to do?
3) Would it be easier to restore the old Vista installation and try a repair? If so, how do I do this?
My machine was OEM but did come with a Vista DVD.
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Mar 23, 2008
when a virus or I do something stupid or an interruption occurs. If this results in a partial installation but no unstall file existing.. It is impossible to re-install that application, or to remove the entry from programs and features.
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Apr 12, 2009
i was just wondering why i have 4 gig of ram installed on vista, Control Panal/System/Memory (Ram) - 4GB But Program such as Auslogics boost speed and other programs that check the Ram installed, only Pick up 3446.51 MB installed. Every other program says that Digit, why am i not getting the Full 4 Gig, Or how can i make it 4 Gig in total?
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May 6, 2008
I've seen posts describing the /verifyreposition /salvagerepository switches for winmgmt. Verify has always show the repository is consistent. Using the netstop, rename repository, net start approach initially works, but within a day Security Center is reporting multiple antivirus programs again.
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Mar 18, 2009
I am having a problem with programs that I had downloaded, installed and used disappearing on me the next time I turn on my computer. When I go to the shortcut and click on it, it tells me "the program or file this shortcut refers to has been changed or removed". This is getting extremely annoying. I am unsure what is going on. I am running Windows Vista Basic and Norton 360. This is a brand new laptop (purchased in the last month).
This has been going on for about a week or so now. When I first brought it home, I had no problems whatsoever with downloaded and installed files disappearing, now it seems that every time I download a program this happens. What can I do to fix this? I also have installed Norton 360 on my Windows XP laptop and haven't had this problem there. I am guessing it is a Vista-only problem.
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Mar 23, 2008
We print to a Canon iR C2620 installed on the network. Prior to VSP1 we had no problems. Now, we can still print but no matter what program we print from... it immediately stops responding and Vista closes the program (IE7, Mail, Office, etc). Tried reinstalling the printer drivers (the latest from canon for vista) with no luck. Have not tried to roll back the SP1 update.
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Jun 8, 2008
just recently i installed a program which DIDNT install correctly and through out the setup it gave me an error and i cancelled the setup. now the program sorta installed it self in my comp but it doesnt work due to the setup not finishing, i tried to install it a few times but it keep given me the error...so here is the issue: i really dont want the program and would like to get rid of it... it doesnt show up in the add and remove programs and the unistall.exe in the directory doesnt work. i also have the program called "your uinstaller" and that cant find that program installed either..
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Sep 26, 2008
yesterday i created a new vista dvd with vLite, because my windows folder was too big. after that i tried to do a "repair/upgrade install", like explained in this tutorial - Repair Install For Vista
as it turned out, it went completly wrong. i reinstalled vista on C: and the old version was moved to the folder Windows.old. obviously not that, what i want to accomplish. so now im online with a new user account - "lost" the user settings from my old user account, the programs are not "installed" anymore.
here is a small comparison of my situation:
- on C: i got now a new fresh windows and the old version in the folder in Windows.old
- Windows.old contains:
-- my old user settings
-- my old programms installed on C: (not a big deal, because i installed almost all programms on E: ---> other problem, see below)
-- the old windows folder himself
- as mentioned above i installed almost all programms on E: - obviously they are still there, but they are not "installed" anymore
so here are my key questions:
1. is there an easy was to transfer my old user settings to the new one?
2. is there an easy was to "install" all the programms on E:, without reinstall all per hand? eg. about registry import or something like that...
i hope it is clear, what my problems are - english is not my native language...
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Mar 30, 2008
My vista keeps locking up after various amounts of time, no matter whether its just idling, or im making the computer work hard. As ive read on other topics, I think its a driver issue, but I just dont know what to do. I will try another fresh vista install tomorrow and get the vista updates quickly to see whether that helps the situation. I have ensured it isnt overheating like it did initially when I bought the system, and it is now a safe and low temperature in a running state. Also, it only detects 3.5Gb of the 4Gb of RAM I have in my system. PC Spec:
Ive re-installed, windows, and it froze after I installed the chipset driver. I contiuned, and found a sound driver wasnt digitally signed. However it still crashes. I have got the latest drivers for it. For it to crash, all i did was open recycle bin, from idle state.
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Mar 23, 2008
I shouldn't be surprised but here goes....I checked today for SP1 on windows update.. According to my computer no updates available however updates were last installed on 03/13/08 and yet when you look at installed updates it shows a windows defender update installed today. I have been reading several posts on this problem and have noticed that Carey Frisch posted a link to troubleshoot and now here is a problem and that is none of these apply to me... Once again Go figure!! Running Vista Business 32bit here in the good old USA and of course the English versionVista is and has always been updated right on schedule....
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Jun 12, 2008
Just bought a new HP Pavilion DV2860 notebook. For a couple of days I have been using Vista and I didn't really like it. Many of the applications that I used to use in on Windows XP are not capiable with Windows Vista! I have got a Windows XP Professional 64-bit edition CD and was planning to install Windows XP on the notebook. Can I use 2 operating systems on the notebook? I don't want to delete Windows Vista but I want Windows XP.
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Mar 26, 2008
I have the Windows Vista upgrade disc and I just bought a new hard drive. Do I need to reinstall Windows Xp and Windows Vista again or is there an eaiser way to do it?
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Mar 23, 2008
I have the Windows Vista upgrade disc and I just bought a new hard drive. Do I need to reinstall Windows Xp and Windows Vista again or is there an eaiser way to do it?
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Mar 21, 2010
I read the tutorial about deleting windows.old, and that's simple enough, but I have a few questions. I reinstalled after the BitDefender 64-bit fiasco yesterday. It went OK, and I found all the saved files in windows.old which I was afraid I had lost. I was particularly concerned about my video and recorded TV files, so, when I found them intact, I "moved" them back to the appropriate "public" folders. Now Media Center sees them just fine. The weird thing, though, is that when I go into Windows Explorer, the files still "exist" in both the normal public folder and in the place I found them in windows.old.
Since I know that I didn't have enough disk space to duplicate them, the problem has to be a pointer or shortcut, but I'm at a loss as to how to get rid of it. I can, if need be, get another drive and copy them off, but I hesitate to just delete the windows.old folder without knowing if I'm going to also delete the files that are supposedly in the public video and recorded TV folders. Neither do I want to copy all those files off if I don't need to. Can someone explain this further, point me to another thread or tutorial that I missed, or tell me what will happen to my files?
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Feb 6, 2009
How could I reinstall my Windows Vista (currenlty Home Premium version) keeping my software installed and running as is? In previously released versions of Windows , as Windows XP, user could choose to repair the current installation of windows through setup. Is there a way to do a repair install like this?
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Oct 1, 2008
I am a noob to the forums and a new Vista user. I am running Vista Home Basic. I ran sfc and it determined I had some corrupt files that could not be repaired. I determined that the files were all related to windows sidebar. My question is, can I reinstall windows sidebar and if so how is this done?
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Apr 7, 2008
I would like to format my hdd and reinstall windows, however, I have Office Pro2007 installed on the pc, and I have used all three licenses on the disks. Is there anyway to reinstall it without requiring an add'l license purchase? Will it know it was already on the pc?
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Jun 19, 2009
turned off the automatic update setting for Windows Update because WU was attempting to reinstall IE8. that's the uninstall proc I used the answer I was looking for. I assume you used the uninstall procedure given here: Given your circumstance, don't reinstall until you read recommendations in the Windows Mail newsgroup to do so.
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May 9, 2008
If I upgrade Windows XP Professional to Windows Vista, do I need to reinstall my programs or will Vista automatically recognize them?
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Mar 14, 2009
I rec'd a message in my email regarding a problem that Ben949 was having with spell check in WM. You advised him to install WLM and provided the link. So I tried to install WLM again. I did it once before a few months ago and it didn't install properly. All my folders came over but most of them were empty. I tried to import the folders from my WM but it still didn't work. But I knew that WLM was coming out with a new version so I decided to give it a try using the link you provided for Ben949. I followed all the instructions but I can't find WLM anywhere. I looked in my programs and features and there are some items there for WL things but not WLM. And I use to get on startup WL Messenger and WL Today. WL Messenger comes up but with nothing in it and WL Today doesn't come up at all.
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Mar 20, 2010
I got a virus which I was successfully able to remove from my system but now Windows Media Player doesn't work. Clicking yes just takes me to their website where there isn't a version of WMP for Vista, only for XP. From what I've found there isn't a way to reinstall WMP for Vista. Is there a way to repair this error?
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Jun 11, 2008
I recently had to select a previous System Restore point to correct photo printing problems. It was successful. However, it appears that Windows Live Photo Gallery is removed because the Restore Point was before "Live Gallery" was installed. What confuses me is that the "Upgrade Installation" still shows in the Upgrade list. Finally my question: Can I simply reinstall Windows Live Photo Gallery from the Microsoft site?
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Feb 15, 2010
I do not want to see any of the programs at the top of the list of All Programs (especially Internet Explorer). I just want to see the program folders listed, preferably sorted by newest or most recently modified first, by alphabetically would be OK. How to get rid of the 8 programs shown in here? Thanks.
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Dec 22, 2008
I've just re-installed Windows Vista because I was having start-up issues. I can see all the old programs I had in the Windows.old folder and I'd like to have all those programs on the new install. Is there an easy way to do this, or do i have to manually transfer all the files and then re-install them?
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Apr 24, 2009
Ive been having a few problems with uninstalling some programs via the add/remove programs tool. For example I have been trying to uninstall Itunes and everytime I do Windows installer says it is preparing to remove and then it stops and a window come up that says "The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation." and then another one says I do not have sufficient access to uninstall Itunes and to please contact system administrator.
So I spoke to a friend how recommended this forum subject and I followed the Take Ownership steps a few times but to no avail it still does the same thing. I can't update Itunes untill this one is uninstalled!!!!!
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