Thanks John. There is a facility to undo what it did, and I tried that, then
removed System Mechanic so probably the backup has gone as well. I have tried
System Restore several times, but it just says there have been no changes
made.

"John John" wrote:

> Is there an "Undo" feature in the Iolo program? Did the program create
> a backup before it damaged your Windows installation. Can you restore
> the backup? If not try System Restore.
>
> John
>
> msnoname86 wrote:
>
> > I ran System Mechanic 7. Now, in Add or Remove Programs, the names have
> > disappeared and there are wierd icons or numbers. Please can anyone tell me
> > how to get the names back as I can't tell which program I want to delete.
>