Windows 10 Bible

Chapter 30Repairing and Removing Programs

IN THIS CHAPTER

1. Installing missing program features
2. Repairing damaged programs
3. Removing programs you don't want

Most of the time, your applications operate smoothly and without incident. Occasionally, however, you need to repair a program that is having problems. Or, you may want to remove a program or a Windows feature that you aren't using.

In this chapter, you learn techniques for managing installed programs. You learn how to change or repair programs as well as how to remove programs you no longer need or want. You do most of these tasks in the Control Panel's Programs and Features applet or from the Windows Start menu.

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 becomes corrupted and stops working properly. That can happen if you inadvertently delete a file that the program needs. Or it may be caused by a minor glitch that compromises an important file.

The first step to changing or repairing a program is to get to the Programs and Features applet in the 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 ...