Repairing a Software Installation
If you find that an application is crashing or behaving erratically, one common cause is that one or more of the application’s internal files have become corrupted. You can often resolve such problems by uninstalling and then reinstalling the application. However, some applications come with a repair feature that examines the program’s files and replaces any that are corrupted or missing.
In the Programs and Features window, click the application you want to fix and then look for a Repair command in the taskbar (see Figure 27.5 for an example). When you click Repair, one of two things happens:
• Windows 8 launches the application’s repair program immediately.
• Windows 8 launches the application’s install program, ...
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