Lost Download folder trying to uninstall Comodo firewall

How this happened is beyond me but it did. I even did two restore point dates hoping to recover it and the 15 or so downloads in it but nada. Anyone know how I could have messed up and caused this? The reason for the uninstall was because the exe was flaky and after re downloading it which was flaky as well, I decided to install it anyway. It was from here BTW that I downloaded from so I'm sure it was safe. It's hard to describe it but it also wasn't acting right after I installed it. I obviously did something wrong in configuring it or uninstalling it for my Downloads file to vanish? I downloaded Outpost and it reestablished my Download folder but it was the only thing in it. Very strange. What really tics me off was that I hadn't even been drinking when this happened which makes it doubly bad. Also at the same time, my SRWare Iron browser quit working and I had to uninstall it, re-download and install it again. Go figure that one. Rough afternoon to say the least.

 

Xp....

 

It beats me. I do remember uninstalling a link scanner as well, probably something I overlooked when doing one or the other.