Solved Disappearing files\programs

[LENW]

DISAPPEARING FILES\PROGRAMS
Has anyone experienced the syndrome of files and or complete installed programs simply disappearing after a reboot. I have had many instances of that occuring and when I reinstall the missing program, it picks up all the data that was created ( database files, confg, serial,etc) . I see lots of items in GOOGLE,<DISAPEARING FILES IN WINDOWS 7> but surprisingly , none here on W7 Forum
using w7, 7100, 64 bit

 

[tw33k]

DISAPPEARING FILES\PROGRAMS
Has anyone experienced the syndrome of files and or complete installed programs simply disappearing after a reboot. I have had many instances of that occuring and when I reinstall the missing program, it picks up all the data that was created ( database files, confg, serial,etc) . I see lots of items in GOOGLE,<DISAPEARING FILES IN WINDOWS 7> but surprisingly , none here on W7 Forum
using w7, 7100, 64 bit

before I read your post, I had never heard of that issue. I'll have to look into it

 

[digitalrurouni]

Wow never heard or experienced that.

 

[Lordbob75]

You don't have a deep freeze program on there do you?

Anyways, this is a strange one indeed.....
Have you tried to use the program that was installed?

~Lordbob

 

[commons]

i'm not sure... but maybe i share experience.

it's not that programs "disappear" --- they just don't show up in "start menu". also, sometimes serials etc are lost.

right now i'm wondering how comes apps, folders, shortcuts install into 2 different paths:

a) path 1

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

b) path 2

C:\Users\[...]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs


& i also wonder LENW... if you've _upgraded_ (as i did) or running a "clean install" ?

 

[Lordbob75]

a) path 1

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

b) path 2

C:\Users\[...]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Its not two different paths. There are different things in each section, though I don't know why it does that.

~Lordbob

 

[LENW]

Well, My initial installation of build 7100 was CLEAN following a massive failure to my Vista.

I claim stoopidity in not being able to locate the START MENU so that I could look at the contents....everytime I did a search on w7 all I gotr was confioguration of the START MENU, but not the contenst.,..probably staring me right in the face...For sure it is not where ot was in XP, ME, W300 etc etc.


scuce the typos I had my eyes dilated this agternoon and they are nto back to normal yet

 

[commons]

Its not two different paths. There are different things in each section, though I don't know why it does that.

~Lordbob

yes. & no.

1) yes... it's _not_ 2 different paths to _same_ location, source or functionality.

2) no... it _does_ provide similar functionality. i'm not sure... but "for me" it looks like path1

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

stems from the past. that is... it's still there for "old" apps that aren't able to install according to "authorized" routine to

path2

C:\Users\[...]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

*

i'm not sure.

after i experienced the disappearance-"feature"... i discovered _SOME_ folder, sub-folders & app-shortcuts from _PREVIOUS_ (xp to vista sp1) set-ups in path1. i could not make out any pattern --- as _some_ of these showed up in start-menu, _b4_ the disappearance-"feature" while others didn't.

sure i tried to copy some of these to path2-location... & again i could not make out any pattern. as again some of them showed up & others didn't.

i did restarts, registry checks, all that stuff my limited knowledge & experience is capable off... it didn't help.

that is: i don't understand this "feature" & i can't find a solution or work-around.

*

finally i did a complete bottom-up clean-install. i didn't do it for some months... & i had some time. good chance for general clean up, isn't it?

i installed apps step by step. wit frequent restore points. etc.

finally it happened again. apps in start-menu disappeared. it happened after i installed a 9 year old app that worked fine w xp, xp sp1 & even survived upgrade to 7b. i did a compatibility install, trying both vista & xp mode. in both cases apps in start-menu disappeared. in both cases installer wrote entries into path1

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

& _not_ into path2

C:\Users\[...]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

*

i do not know if this is an experience that will be shared by others. i installed other old apps & all worked fine. if somebody else stumbles across this phenomenon... maybe she'll feel ok it happened to others too.

wish you well

 

[commons]

Well, My initial installation of build 7100 was CLEAN following a massive failure to my Vista.

I claim stoopidity in not being able to locate the START MENU so that I could look at the contents....everytime I did a search on w7 all I gotr was confioguration of the START MENU, but not the contenst.,..probably staring me right in the face...For sure it is not where ot was in XP, ME, W300 etc etc.


scuce the typos I had my eyes dilated this agternoon and they are nto back to normal yet

hello,

1) there are some quite good tutorials available here, @ win7forum. btw - a place i start to appreciate. thanks to everybody

b) "start menu" is located @

C:\Users\[...]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

with [...] being your user-name.

it is "said" that you'de be able to manually add shortcuts fo folders & apps. that's nothing new we could do that b4 too. so _IF_ you wanna do that... see location above.

i hope it helps

 

[Studulike]

DISAPPEARING FILES\PROGRAMS
Has anyone experienced the syndrome of files and or complete installed programs simply disappearing after a reboot. I have had many instances of that occuring and when I reinstall the missing program, it picks up all the data that was created ( database files, confg, serial,etc) . I see lots of items in GOOGLE,<DISAPEARING FILES IN WINDOWS 7> but surprisingly , none here on W7 Forum
using w7, 7100, 64 bit

I have had a similar problem, sometimes whole folders go missing, especially if i have set a new download folder for newsbins etc.
if I boot up to OSX the folders are there and intact but just can't see them in windows.
I have had the odd problem with programs that were installed then suddnly not. hell thought I was going mad. lol

As yet not caused me a major headache but still it is a little anoying. Almost like system restore is running without permision but the data dissapears also. And yes if a program dissapears if you re-install it is fine and your data re-apears.

 

[Elfmeister]

This happened to me, I had installed STEAM and CS:S shut down as normal, gone to bed, got up booted up my PC while I made a brew, when I returned my PC had started a recovery as apparently it didn't shut down correctly, when I got back to desktop STEAM.exe was gone along with other parts, but in C:/Programme files there was evidense of STEAM being there.

So I'm guessing this happened to you!

Odd, just make sure you create and delete restore points regular.

Also remember is only a beta type build so things go wrong!

 

[LENW]

good news???
well since build 7232 I have seen no disappeared files or data
recap:
64 bit
clean install
files disappeared-- data disappeared
reinstalled ( maybe didnt even need serial number )
data reappears
never happens again to same program file
upgraded to 7232
all's well that ends well ...hope a hope a hope

 

[LENW]

thanks COMMONS

you gave me a few clues...I compared the two paths that you had enumerated and found
Program : WINRAR ( very recent program)
posted into BOTH paths at exactly the same time

Program AVANT BROWSER ( very very recent programn)
Had titled folders in both paths bit contents ibn only one

Program ZIPCAT ( old program)
Exact same contents In both paths at different times

very few entries in the "roaming path"

Basicaly the entries in the roaming path were as you suggest of the old issues, except INTERNET EXPLORER 64 BIT ( BRAND SPANKING new!). iT WAS AN EXECUTABLE!

NOTHING AS CONSISTANT AS INCONSIStANTCIES

 

[Biohazz]

disappearing files in Windows 7

Several times i have seen that files have disappeard.
From docs to iso files.

To day when i was going to mount a ISO file for my game Left 4 dead the ISO file hade disappearing.
So i search my drive and it is not there. :sarc:

So i search for all of my other game iso files and all of it are disappeard???

This is not the first time i have files gone disappearing in windows 7.

AND NO i have not deleted it.

Some one plz help.
rb::mad2:

 

[Jonathan_King]

Hello Biohazz,
What anti-virus are you using?

 

[Biohazz]

Hi
i have Pandacloud full version.
I have opened Panda and there are no files or programs that are removed.
Exept some cookies

 

[Jonathan_King]

Thanks. You may consider removing Panda and installing Microsoft Security Essentials. That could be the problem.

 

[Biohazz]

Oki

Oki i try that this weekend and get back to you on this.
Thx

 

[barcodenation]

Files on Win 7 disappearing....

I've had this same problem, but it's pretty serious for me. I basically got tired of looking through all our dvds to find something to watch so I built a computer with 4tb hdd's to store everything on. Well the other day I got 2 new tb hdd's in the mail to backup a couple of the drives so I went to hook them up and copy files and on one of my hdd's an entire folder labeled kids was just gone. I looked in the trash and there wasn't anything there. I went to computer and the drive still shows it's full but there's no file. I went to folder options and checked view hidden files and folders and still nothing. Finally I took the drive out and put it on another computer and still no files so I ran a program called getdataback and found all the files on the drive. I restored them moved all files to the new hdd then formatted the old one and copied all files back over to it. Everything seems to be working ok but then I took my 32gig jump drive and was moving some files around. I left the drive in and restarted the computer after I replaced the old hdd with the new one. Went to the jump drive in my computer and all the folders were still there, but nothing was inside them!!!! In computer the jump drive still says it's full. I can't recover these files as the drive is fat32 instead of ntfs, but my god this is getting annoying. I don't wanna have to keep copying my dvd's to the computer constantly when it should work fine! XP did it for 2 years with no problems what so ever. If anyone has any help with this please please please let me know!!!!

 

[Jonathan_King]

What anti-virus are you using? Try disabling it.