Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
To repair an application, view the list of installed applications; when a particular
application is selected on the list, look for a Repair button or option. Alternately, re-run the
Setup program for the application; instead of the regular Setup dialog box, you may see a
box offering to repair or uninstall the application.
In some applications, you also may fi nd a Repair option on the Help menu.
EXERCISE 6.8
Repair an Application in Windows
1.
In Windows, choose Start
Control Panel
Programs
Programs And Features. A list
of installed applications appears.
2.
Click the fi rst application on the list, and see what options appear in the blue bar above
the list, such as Uninstall, Change, Repair, and so on. Find an application that has a
Repair option, and select it.
3.
Click the Repair button, and follow the prompts to repair the application. (It doesn't
matter that it was working correctly already. Repairing it won't hurt it. You may lose
some custom settings, though.)
If an application won't work even after repairing it, the next step is to reinstall it. You
can reinstall over the top of the old installation, which saves time but is less likely to take
care of the problem; and some applications won't let you do this. It's better to uninstall the
application (see the next section), reboot, and then do a clean install.
