I had some problems with my PC which required me to restore an earlier partition back up. That done I decided to clear out unwanted programmes and proceeded to delete about 50 that I didnt need any more.
After a restart I found that most of my programmes dissapeared from the add/remove screen and only ones I had installed recently were there. I have started to get around this by re-installing each piece of software but it is time consumng and cannot always be done because I have several give away items where the license key was only valid for the day of download so if I re-install those I usually get a later version which is no longer licensed free.
I also notice that the programmes in the list that are missing, also cannot be found by typing their name in the search box (I have Start8 so am using the windows 7 style search box). Third party uninstallers find some of the missing ones but not all of them. Belarq Advisor lists all the software including missing ones. All the programmes work OK when started from icon or exe file
It seems as if windows has somehow lost the index entries for these programmes - is there some routine that will rebuild the index (tried a system restore but that didnt do it)?
SYS info log
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8 Pro, 32 bit
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, x64 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3326 Mb
Graphics Card: LogMeIn Mirror Driver, 8 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 244191 MB, Free - 141025 MB; D: Total - 238464 MB, Free - 40575 MB; E: Total - 1907725 MB, Free - 611923 MB; F: Total - 1377599 MB, Free - 958422 MB; G: Total - 2861546 MB, Free - 745428 MB;
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., GA-MA770-UD3
Antivirus: Windows Defender, Disabled
After a restart I found that most of my programmes dissapeared from the add/remove screen and only ones I had installed recently were there. I have started to get around this by re-installing each piece of software but it is time consumng and cannot always be done because I have several give away items where the license key was only valid for the day of download so if I re-install those I usually get a later version which is no longer licensed free.
I also notice that the programmes in the list that are missing, also cannot be found by typing their name in the search box (I have Start8 so am using the windows 7 style search box). Third party uninstallers find some of the missing ones but not all of them. Belarq Advisor lists all the software including missing ones. All the programmes work OK when started from icon or exe file
It seems as if windows has somehow lost the index entries for these programmes - is there some routine that will rebuild the index (tried a system restore but that didnt do it)?
SYS info log
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8 Pro, 32 bit
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, x64 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3326 Mb
Graphics Card: LogMeIn Mirror Driver, 8 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 244191 MB, Free - 141025 MB; D: Total - 238464 MB, Free - 40575 MB; E: Total - 1907725 MB, Free - 611923 MB; F: Total - 1377599 MB, Free - 958422 MB; G: Total - 2861546 MB, Free - 745428 MB;
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., GA-MA770-UD3
Antivirus: Windows Defender, Disabled