finding file installed

[Guest]

I have a program that i installed on my computer. I need to find out the file
that are used for this programs because i need to format the harddisk.
i don't ahve the installation CD
if uninstall is able to remove list of files that a specific program uses
then there must be a way to get that list

thank

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I have a program that i installed on my computer. I need to find out the file
that are used for this programs because i need to format the harddisk.
i don't ahve the installation CD

That's bad luck.

if uninstall is able to remove list of files that a specific program uses
then there must be a way to get that list

Not really. Many programs require additional system files and do not
install them if already present and they do not remove them either. Also,
most programs need specific registry entries in order to run correctly
and these entries are gone after formatting the disk.

 

[P. Di Stolfo]

Hello,

the problem is that programs usually write to the registry, into the System
folder, and usually, without the right installation application, you can't
make a complex application run.
Some programs keep an uninstall log with a list of files/keys to be
uninstalled in their folder, but normally, they're encrypted and therefore
not readable.
Which program is it? Maybe there's an online version of it.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

 

[Guest]

No, when you install a program, the files for running it are distributed in
many places within the operating systems in a structural manner. It would be
very unlikely you could find every programs files to reconstruct a program
disk. You would have had to know each and every file and even then there
would be no guarantee.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have a program that i installed on my computer. I need to find out the file
that are used for this programs

They won't do you any good.

because i need to format the harddisk.

Why? How do you know you "need" to?

i don't ahve the installation CD

Then you are almost certainly out of luck.

if uninstall is able to remove list of files that a specific program uses
then there must be a way to get that list

It's nowhere near as simple as a list of files. All applications
(except for a very occasional trivial one) have many entries and
pointers to them within Windows--in the registry and elsewhere. The
programs without Windows--without those entries and pointers--are
worthless. So if you have a new installation of Windows,
you also have to reinstall all your programs.