fresh install question

Pbr38 · August 23, 2015

so, i have a bunch of programs installed on my secondary hard drive, when i do a fresh windows install they are all still there and they work, however they do not show up in control panel, is there any way i can re-add them? or just make them persist through the install?

im using win8.1 for the install

thank you for your time

mluton · August 23, 2015

No they must be re-installed, unless its a non install .exe, which most are not.

LogicalDrm · August 25, 2015

Some will work from old install folder. They will be with default settings unless you have done backup of AppData folders. You can manually pin the to start menu of just use .exe so many times it remains as frequently used. (<- Win7 btw, but same idea) If you want the easy route, just do reinstall and paste settings after that.