Windows 8 Bible

Changing and Repairing Programs

Some large programs let you choose how you want to install the program. For example, you may be given options to do a Minimum Install, Typical Install, or Complete Install. You might do a Minimum or Typical installation to conserve disk space but later discover you need a feature that only the Complete install would have provided.

Sometimes a program might become corrupted and not work properly anymore. That can happen when you inadvertently delete a file that the program needed. Or it might be caused by some minor glitch that compromised a file that the program uses.

The first step to changing or repairing a program is to get to the Programs And Features applet in Control Panel. Here’s how:

1. Press Windows+X on the desktop and click Control Panel.

2. In the category view, click Programs.

3. Click Programs and Features.

You can also get to Programs and Features from the Search screen. Simply start typing fea, or display the Charms Bar and choose Search. Type fea, click Settings, and choose Programs And Features from the Settings screen.

The page that opens lists all of your installed application programs. (It doesn’t include programs that come with Windows 8.)

Not all programs offer change or repair options. To see what options an installed program offers, right-click the program name. Or, click the program name and take a look at the buttons above the list of program names. Things you can do with that program will be listed in a toolbar above ...