I'm sorry if this seems a little silly, but I cannot find a setup file (or any files, for that matter) for one of my programs.



I just installed Vista home premium (sp2, 32bit), and was glad to see MSVC 2005 listed in my programs list. I did a little programming in PYTHON for a college courese, and want to learn c/c++.

Anyway, when I search for the program on my harddrive, I get no results. No setup file, no logs, no nothing. All I have is the program on my Uninstall Programs list.

Do i actually have the program, or is Vista just messing around with me?

Any help you could give would be great. Thank you so much.

You just installed Vista on this drive ? ?
A new installation wipes out whatever you had installed prior to this.

Sorry I wasn't clear earlier.

We had some problems recently with our computer which required a complete erasing of the hard drive. We re-installed Vista (which came with our computer), and downloaded all the updates through SP 1 and 2, as well as most of the updates since.

To see what programs I already had installed, I took a look at our Remove Programs window, and saw MSVC 2005 listed next to all of my other programs. It has the option to uninstall it, but I cannot find it installed anywhere on my drive.

Hope this helps.

yes, the drive was reformatted. We then installed Vista, and the updates. Could it have come with the computer, much like our Office suite does?

I do not understand how the program could be listed, with no trace of any files on my drive. Attached is a screenshot of the window I saw it in- maybe that will help.

See my problem? Windows thinks the program is there, but it isnt.
I got really excited when I saw it, but it.. somehow.. doesnt exist.
And i KNOW it cant be on another drive, because thats the only drive thats ever been in the computer. And i never downloaded it to a flashdrive or something.

Anybody have an answer?