I was running Win98 although now I am running WinXP Corp. Pro. I believe the software was warez but it had always run fine. Im not at the computer I have the problem with so Im not sure what the errors were. I think it may be a problem with the windows CD overwriting dlls that the program used; but I also think it may be because the registry is wiped out when I reinstall. There is nothing I can do about the way windows reinstalls, the E-machines CD I have has two options
1) Format and reinstall
2) dont format and reinstall
So it wipes everything it needs to reinstall. Many other programs have the same problem, the errors all seem to say that the program doesn't exist, which leads me to believe that it is looking for registry entries that were deleted, Does anyone know a way to trick windows into thinking i reinstalled the program? Because its on the harddrive but windows needs its piece of mind. Unless it's a dll problem, then im SOL unless i knew exactly what dlls the program upgraded and what version it upgraded to. Anyway, im sitting here helping myself to what i already knew, I should just start typing a response to my own question next time i have a problem.
