Mistakenly deleted Installer folder contents - now what?


  1. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Mistakenly deleted Installer folder contents - now what?


    Hi guys,

    By my mistake I deleted the windows installer folder contents and now I can't uninstall some programs, that turned into a generic icon.

    How can I solve this issue?

    Thank you
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       #2

    Try a System Restore to a point before you deleted the folder.
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  3. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I don't have any restore point before the time I deleted it.
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  4. Posts : 6,741
    W7 Pro x64 SP1 | W10 Pro IP x64 | W8.1 Pro x64 VM | Linux Mint VM
       #4

    What does it say when you try to delete the programs with generic icons through Add/Remove programs?
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  5. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    On some of them, it prompts for the location of the *.msi package.
    On others like office, the setup fails with an error message "uninstall did not complete sucessfully".
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  6. Posts : 758
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #6

    Try to reinstall those programs then uninstall
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  7. Posts : 12
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    Thread Starter
       #7

    It doesn't allow me to reinstall them, the setup of Office for instance, doesn't work.
    Last edited by Icebergue; 24 Jun 2015 at 09:34.
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  8. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #8

    Any chance the folder is in the recycle bin?
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  9. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    No, the content is lost but now that you told me that, there are programs that can recover deleted files, I will check if I can use one of those, if not, I need to reinstall windows?
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