If all you did was delete a folder (and you didn't actually uninstall the program), it may be possible to recover.
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First, check the Recycle Bin to see if it is there - if so restore it and the problem is solved.
If you have Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Vista Enterprise you may be in luck. They have what is known as Shadow Copies which are saves of deleted or modified files which can be retrieved in case the changes/deletions were done in error. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/shadow-copy.aspx with further information on how to use this feature at: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/howdoi/?p=145.
If you have Vista Basic or Vista Premium, Shadow Copies is not available; however, there's an alternative that's free and mirrors the functionality of Shadow Copies called Shadow Explorer.http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/recover-files-with-shadow-copies-on-any-version-of-windows-vista/. Though it won't help you this time, it could very well save you in case this happens again.
In case this doesn't work (not all files are available through Shadow Copies - it occurs periodically), here are some additional free recovery programs which might help:
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.html(try Recuva ONLY - do not purchase any products that aren’t free – here or in any of the other links – I’m just suggesting the FREE options and have had problems with some of the commercial ones)
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- Installing a program after it was uninstalled seems pretty easy. All you need is to download and install it one more time. The problem is that 99% of the programs also delete the configuration and associated files. Which means the program will be installed once again on your computer but with default configurations.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/diskdigger.html(try this second - if it doesn’t work either chances of recovery are very slim but you can try the other options if you wish)
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/easusdfr.html
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
http://www.softperfect.com/products/filerecovery/
http://techpaul.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/how-to-recover-your-lost-files/
Files aren't actually deleted until they are overwritten (though they're no longer available through conventional methods). If you decide to try these recovery programs, you should stop using your hard drive immediately so you don't overwrite the data you are trying to recover. Slave it to another PC and run the recovery from that PC. Even now you may have permanently lost some of them if you're using that same PC. If you can't do that (slave to another PC), you run the risk of overwriting the data with every action you do on the PC (but you still may be able to recover some or most or even all of the files - it's a matter of luck).
Only you can decide if the data is important enough to take the PC to a data recovery expert to recover the files (they will have better programs and equipment to do so than any of us do and than I provided above). Do NOT go to Geek Squad or any of those big store centers - they mostly don't know what they're doing - take it to a data recovery expert. It will cost quite a bit and they usually offer no guarantees. The decision is yours.
If that doesn't work, then we need to refocus on getting rid of the original program (whatever of it still remains).
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Try using Revohttp://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/revo-uninstaller/revouninstaller.html to do the uninstallation instead of using Vista’s uninstall function.This often works when Vista doesn’t (and even does a better job).
I hope this helps.
Good luck!
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