Help would be appreciated

Hello all, I have a problem and I was wondering if someone could assist me. I got rid of msn live messenger and msn windows yesterday, and I'm not sure if this is connected but the games (freecell, solitaire, minesweeper etc etc) have disappeared. I have looked in the recycle bin and they are not there. Could someone a) tell me how to retrieve them or b) tell me why this has happened, because there are others who live in my house and they would like the games back.
Regards,
Animus

START (Or My Computer) > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components

Games are listed under Accessories. You may need your Windows XP installation disc.

They have never been under accessories, under a seperate list, which now says "empty". I do not know where the disc you speak of is, but I will look. Thankyou for the advice

I'm not talking about All Programs in the Start Menu. They are listed under Accessories in Add/Remove Windows Components.