Thursday, February 5, 2009

When I try to start a program from its shortcut I get a "Missing Program" error.

A "shortcut" is a path from the icon to the actual location of the program files for that program. If this
path is absent or invalid, you will get this error. This is usually caused by having deleted or moved the
program. If this is the case, delete the shortcut.
• If you moved the program, delete the old shortcut and create a new shortcut to the new location.
• The program may have been deleted without being properly uninstalled. Go to the
Control Panel and properly delete the program through the Add/Remove
Programs option.
• The Add/Remove Programs Properties window will open. In the second part of
the window you will see a list of the programs installed on your hard drive.
Scroll down the list until you find the program whose shortcut you were trying to
use. Highlight the program and then click the “Add/Remove” Button.
• Another common reason is that your shortcut is trying to access the program from the CD-ROM
drive but the needed program is not in the drive. Insert the program CD into the drive and click
the Retry button.
• A second hard drive or another drive has been added which
kicked the CD-ROM letter up to a new letter. In this case,
open My Computer and write down the letter assigned to the
CD-ROM drive. On the desktop locate the icon for the
shortcut, right click on the shortcut icon and select Properties
from the pop-up window. In the Target box delete the old
drive letter and enter the new drive letter. Click the OK
button.

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