Cannot execute programs after backup copy

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I couldn't boot, and the Emachine rep talked me thru a reinstall (with
backup) of Vista Basic from the recovery partition. I was able to recover
most data, but the Backup Programs won't execute after I moved them to Vista
Program Files folder (registry/DLL errors). Do I have to delete them from
Vista, and download/reinstall them again? Also, I haven't been able to find
my email files. Appreciate any help. Thanks. PS Is there any documentation
out there which I can print and refer to WHEN this happens again?
 
You need to reinstall your applications, you can't just copy the program
directory from a backup.
 
Does everyone keep a handwritten list of all appls in the program files
directory just to recovery their system? What's the purpose of backing up
program files in the first place? Thanks.
 
There really is no point to backing up the program files directory by
itself, who said there was?
 
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