My daughter came home from college with her pc which could not boot. Blue screen causijng 0xed. I ran chkdsk off the install cd and everything came back. All her applications and data. I noticed that search was complaining about "missing companion software" and I got into standby but could not get out. So I reloaded the operating system with the option of leaving the file sturcture in tact. Okay.
When asked for a user profile, i just made up one. Now, I don't see any of her applications. Only the trash can is on the window.
I notice that a subdirectory named with her old profile name (I think) is there. I believe the apps are underneath. They are simply not registered. How do I recover such that all data is still in tact? For instance AIM is there. How do i reinstall such that her settings do not have to be reentered? Same for OUTLOOK. How do i install and not loose here mail?
Is there an automatice "Re-Resgister" or find appls or something?
When asked for a user profile, i just made up one. Now, I don't see any of her applications. Only the trash can is on the window.
I notice that a subdirectory named with her old profile name (I think) is there. I believe the apps are underneath. They are simply not registered. How do I recover such that all data is still in tact? For instance AIM is there. How do i reinstall such that her settings do not have to be reentered? Same for OUTLOOK. How do i install and not loose here mail?
Is there an automatice "Re-Resgister" or find appls or something?