About 6 pgms. But none of the others are there. Like "Accessories" system tools, defrag, stuff like that. Before I got the computer my son copied his pics and music to his new computer.
Try this for the missing Accessories In the Explorer Window which opens click on Programs and add a shortcut to the missing programs there. Thanks Pete. I tried the first option. When I run the pgm I get a runtime error "active x component can't create object. Inserted XP disk as instructed. Clicked finished. Still none those appeared in the all pgms window. Next, to repair the problem, add the missing expandable string values to their specific locations.
Finally, restart the system to implement the changes. Next, set the value of NoClose to 0 in the locations given below. Unable to right-click Start menu icons and drag and drop shortcuts in the Start Menu. To fix this problem and perform Start menu repair you need to open the Taskbar and Start Menu properties dialog box. For this, right-click taskbar and select Properties. Adding an application name to your All Programs menu requires that you find the program file, as described in the box below.
To do so, either use the Search command described earlier in this chapter, or use the Windows Explorer window described in Chapter 3.
OK, I did that. How do I know which is the actual application file? First, you can usually recognize which application is the primary one both by its short-form name and by its icon.
Second, the instructions from the software company may tell you which file to click. Note the two different Start Menu folders, as indicated by the arrows: one for All Users, and one for only you.
Right-click the Start button; choose Properties from the shortcut menu; and click Customize to view the Add, Remove, and Sort buttons available to you there. This folder contains shortcuts for programs that are available to everybody who has an account on your machine Chapter Figure shows you these two locations in Windows Explorer.
In other words, instead of the fancy icon-adding wizards and drag-and-drop schemes described earlier, you may prefer to fine-tune your Start menu the low-tech way. Just open the relevant Start Menu folder. Right-click the Start button; from the shortcut menu, choose either Open All Users [to view the list of programs for the masses] or Open [to see the list of your personal programs.
When it comes time to prune an overgrown Start menu, there are three different sets of instructions, depending on which section of the Start menu needs purging. The lower-left section. The right-hand column. Right-click the Start button; choose Properties from the shortcut menu; click Customize; click the Advanced tab, scroll down, and turn off the checkboxes for the items you want expunged. This means the upper-left section and the All Programs list. You can ditch items from these areas just by dragging them off the menu—onto the desktop, for example, or even directly onto the Recycle Bin icon.
Or, if you prefer, just right-click the file, folder, program, or disk name in the All Programs menu, and then choose Delete from the shortcut menu. It disappears instantly. In fact, you can rename anything you choose in the Start menu—and not just in the free areas. Click the Start menu to open it, right-click the command you want to rename, and choose Rename from the shortcut menu. The name of the command—even My Documents or My Computer—sprouts a little editing box.
Type the new name and then press Enter. As you drag an item, a black line appears to show you the resulting location of your dragging action. Release the mouse when the black line is where you want the relocated icon to appear. Some Programs menu items have submenu folders and sub-submenu folders.
Start menu listings accompanied by a right-facing triangle arrow represent folders. Fortunately, you can create Programs menu folders of your own and stock them with whatever icons you like. Open the Start menu.
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