Start menu shortcuts missing, help please.

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Amarjeet - 29 May 2008 12:25 GMT

I have lost all of the default Windows Vista start menu shortcuts. I did not
delete them, they just aren’t there anymore.

I recently removed my K-Lite Mega Codec Pack and installed the newer version
3.9. I also removed Cyberlink PowerDVD 7 Ultra and installed version 8 Ultra.

I only have five shortcuts left, Utorrent, windows update, 2 office 2007
shortcuts and default programs.

I only have one user account on my Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (X86). I have
tried creating a new user account to copy the shortcuts back from, but since
they were removed from “All Users” (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu), I cannot get them back.

Any ideas? Please help. Thank you.

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Kam-Cheung - 31 May 2008 12:06 GMT

Hi Amarjeet,

About your problem, you can try to logon your account and "right-click and
select>View>Show Desktop Icons" on your Destkop

hope it can help you

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Amarjeet - 31 May 2008 22:48 GMT

This is about my start menu shortcuts not desktop shortcuts. Thanks anyway.
Peace

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t-4-2 - 31 May 2008 17:57 GMT

Amarjeet;729799 Wrote:

> I have lost all of the default Windows Vista start menu shortcuts. I did
> not
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>
> Any ideas? Please help. Thank you.

Hello Amarjeet,
If you have not done so, do a system restore. Make sure you pick a date
when you Know you had all your start menu shortcuts. Let me know of the
result.

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Amarjeet - 31 May 2008 22:49 GMT

I disabled system restore when I installed Vista. Never liked it, took too
much memory.

Any other ideas?

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DevilsPGD - 31 May 2008 23:06 GMT

>I disabled system restore when I installed Vista. Never liked it, took too
>much memory.

System Restore doesn't take any measurable amount of memory. (Or at
least on two cloned virtual machines, one with system restore enabled,
the other with it disabled, and both machines having been rebooted,
there is no difference.

>Any other ideas?

Are the shortcuts still on the disk? User and System versions?

%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
%programdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

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t-4-2 - 31 May 2008 23:27 GMT

Amarjeet;732555 Wrote:

> I disabled system restore when I installed Vista. Never liked it, took
> too
> much memory.
>
> Any other ideas?

Hello,
Not sure this is what you need. Have a look at it anyhow, please.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/144277-start-menu-all-programs-list-enable-dis
able.html

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