- trouble with reinstalling paint/calculator
- Posted by nncybeth on May 2nd, 2006
my husband ran a disk cleanup on our computer and in the process deleted
paint and calculator from our computer and i need them back. i have done
some reading around on here and gone to add/remove programs and tried to
reinstall them. it starts the process and then prompts for the service pack
2 cd. i put it in the cd drive, hit ok, it takes me to another screen and i
hit and ok again, and then it doesn't do anything. there is a browse section
with which directory to look in. i have tried it with the default entry and
just entering d: since that is my cd drive and it won't work either way.
anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong or how i can get these programs
back? thanks!
- Posted by Ted Zieglar on May 2nd, 2006
Restore your computer to a restore point immediately before disk cleanup
took place.
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Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."
"nncybeth" <nncybeth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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- Posted by nncybeth on May 2nd, 2006
I would if that were an option, but it's been a while since he did this. If
I restored, then I would lost a lot of information I need to hold onto.
"Ted Zieglar" wrote:
- Posted by Ted Zieglar on May 2nd, 2006
Check the System Restore calendar.
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Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."
"nncybeth" <nncybeth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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- Posted by Wesley Vogel on May 2nd, 2006
Maybe just the shortcuts are missing.
Do these work?
Open Paint...
Start | Run | Type: mspaint | Click OK
Open Calculator
Start | Run | Type: calc | Click OK
Restore shortcuts to the Accessories group
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Accessories.htm
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:EB330C63-67E5-466B-A303-D485457975EE@microsoft.com,
nncybeth <nncybeth@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
- Posted by nncybeth on May 2nd, 2006
nope, that didn't work. i guess they are completely missing. thanks for
trying!
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
- Posted by Wesley Vogel on May 2nd, 2006
I thought that it was worth a shot. ;-(
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:5D422728-98CB-4357-B067-F26FD5B8E718@microsoft.com,
nncybeth <nncybeth@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
- Posted by nncybeth on May 2nd, 2006
i don't know why it kept prompting me for the cd because i already had
service pack 2 installed. the default directory it kept giving me was
d:\i386. i finally figured out to change it to c:\i386 after a lot of
playing around and trying to get something to work and then it finally
renistalled it all. thanks for all the help!
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
- Posted by Wesley Vogel on May 3rd, 2006
Glad you got it figured out. Keep having fun.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:6E102994-2406-414B-9974-54F7CC40EF42@microsoft.com,
nncybeth <nncybeth@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
