Help?

[asheris]

Right, as much as I hate it I'm stuck using Win98 for the time being. (I'd rather have a Mac.)

Last week Win98 died, and I ended up having to reinstall over the top. It left all the other programs intact- except for the fact that they won't run as Win98 doesn't know they're there.

Is there a way to get those programs recognized and working again, short of having to reinstall everything? I'd rather not have to spend another day just reinstalling software that is already on here. Not to mention I'm not sure where all the CD's are, having done two computer location moves in the last five months!

Any help greatly appreciated!

Comments

[meta.livejournal.com]

If it can't find the programs, that suggests that you lost the contents of the registry some time during the corruption or re-installation. To check, you could go into the add/remove programs control panel, and see if any of the extra software is listed. If it's not, the registry is corrupt or wiped, and you're screwed--you'll have to reinstall every piece of software.

You can try running the .EXE files directly, restoring the shortcuts to them in the start menu. Some applications that don't rely on the registry will still work.

The registry was the single worst thing Microsoft did between Windows 3.11 and Windows 95. It introduced a single point of failure into the OS.

[asheris.livejournal.com]

The registry was one of the files corrupted.

Looks like I'm screwed.

Damn.

New Fox special, When Windows Goes Bad: a fourteen hour documentary.

[asqmh.livejournal.com]

**Pats her Mac** Looks like I got out just in time . . .

I hope everything works out, though. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help -- besides being an excellent source of moral support, I also have "contacts" for tracking down software.

Q.