How to restore a deleted program on XP
Posted by Ivan in Windows Tips
At least once in your computing history you’ve deleted a program from your PC and after a while you’ve realized you needed it again. Or at least once you made something inside your computer you didn’t like or it messed up something and you didn’t know how to return it back. There is no need to panic! You can easily recover these deleted programs under condition that you have activated the System Restore before. *in case you haven’t had activated the System Restore, a solution could be found in this post.
How to activate the system restore?It is simple.
1. Right click on My computer , then select Properties , go to tab System Restore and uncheck Turn Off Sytem Restore on all drives . It looks like this:
2.Go to Start , then All Programs , Accesorries, System Tools and System Rsetore,
Start->All Programs->Accesorries->System Tools->System Rsetore , it looks like this:
3. When the next window appear click next
4.Select restore point(set the date when you have program on computer) and click next
5. Then click next again, after this your computer will restart , and your program will restore .






I accidently deleted system restore how can i fix it
u cant delete system restore, perhaps it is disabled under services?
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!
Thnx so much i uninstalled wow and i didnt feel like installing it again so,,,yea thnx alot :D 10/10
who knew I ACTUALLY needed that program? I’ve never even heard of it!
anyway, you guys are amazing!
U can delete System restore files. So this doesnt work for me :p
I did exactly what you advised before I even went to your website for help. The problem is that it’s telling me I deleted Sonic Recordnow! program…as if it will not restore w/o it. That’s a program for burning DVD’s. It shouldnt affect it. Please help.
well i deleted my windows connection manager thing for wireless internets and cant connect now on my laptop…i was just wondering if you have to turn system restore on or is it on by default? and if this doesnt work anyone have suggestions of how to help me???? any alternative wireless connection managers for free?
I just restore a deleted microsoft office enterprise but it soen’t work
when I try to open a word document or my outlook I recieve the following messag – “the setup controller has encountred a problem. please review the log files for further information on the error.
my question is – where should I go from here so micosoft office will operate properly?
Thnaks
the instruction to restore the program are great – thanks
I could not get the restore point I wanted.
Please advise.
Thank you – you saved me from my own stupidity after I deleted all the sounds on my PC.
I ran spyware and now NO COMPUTER PROGRAMS!!! What do I do; since I’M NOT ALL THAT GREAT WITH A COMPUTER ?
If i do this, will all my pictures that are stored be deleted? will it completley start fresh or what exactly happens?