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I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I dragged one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered that it's no longer listed in All Programs. How do I put it back into the list? Thanks much! Jo-Anne > I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I > dragged one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jo-Anne Grab the shortcut you created on the Desktop and drag it to Start | All Programs and let it go at a blank spot at the end of the program list. Right click on it and Send To | Desktop to create the shortcut.  SignatureBruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA Couldn't do it this way, Bruce. Every time I opened the Start menu and then went to the desktop shortcut to click on it, the Start menu closed. I finally managed it after opening two Windows Explorer windows and doing it from there (once I learned from people here where the Start menu files were stored). For future reference, is there a way to keep the Start menu open while doing something else on the desktop? Thank you! Jo-Anne >> I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I >> dragged one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Right click on it and Send To | Desktop to create the shortcut. Navigate to "C:\Documents and Settings". Your Desktop and the Start Menu are actually a composite of the content in All Users and 'Your ID' folders. You can drag and drop from either Desktop folder back to the original folder. This time, use the right mouse button when dragging. You'll then have the option to Copy or Move the shortcut. > I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I dragged > one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered that it's no [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jo-Anne Thank you, David! That did it. Jo-Anne > Navigate to "C:\Documents and Settings". Your Desktop and the Start Menu > are actually a composite of the content in All Users and 'Your ID' [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> >> Jo-Anne You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback...I'm sure that goes for the other contributors as well. You may want to use the Send To function for any future transfers of this nature. To do this, simply right-click on any shortcut in the Start Menu listing and select Send To > Desktop. This will copy the item to your Desktop, leaving the original in place. You may also be interested in a freeware utility that adds enhancements to this Send To function. It's called Send To Toys v2.5. Get it here: http://www.gabrieleponti.com/software/ > Thank you, David! That did it. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>> >>> Jo-Anne > I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I dragged > one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered that it's no [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jo-Anne The same way you took it off, by drag-n-drop. It may be a bit easier to get it into the correct spot in the list of available programs if you first right click on the start button and "Open" (if you want the shortcut only available to you) or "Open all users" (if you want the shortcut available to all users). Remember that if you drag with the right mouse button pressed, you'll get a menu that lets you decide to move, copy, or create a shortcut. Or to copy, drag with CTRL pressed. SignatureLem -- MS-MVP To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm Thank you, Lem! I didn't get it at first, so did the longer routine of opening two Windows Explorer windows and moving the shortcut from one to the other. Now I finally understand about right-clicking the Start button and Open. It would have been easier to find what I wanted that way. I'll keep this info in a file. Jo-Anne >> I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I >> dragged one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > button pressed, you'll get a menu that lets you decide to move, copy, or > create a shortcut. Or to copy, drag with CTRL pressed. OR you can do the Cut and Paste method, which I prefer (I don't have to be as careful with the mouse, since there is no dragging). > Thank you, Lem! I didn't get it at first, so did the longer routine of > opening two Windows Explorer windows and moving the shortcut from one to [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer >> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm Hi, Bill, Yes, of course! Don't know why I didn't think of it, since I do it regularly with documents. Thank you! Jo-Anne > OR you can do the Cut and Paste method, which I prefer (I don't have to be > as careful with the mouse, since there is no dragging). [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer >>> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm I rarely use the mouse drag method, since when I have (at least on a few occasions), I either let up too soon (or not soon enough) on the mouse, and it ends up in the wrong place. And after thinking about it some more, I feel life is too short to put up with this aggravation (however occasional it is), hence, I choose the cut and paste method! :-) > Hi, Bill, > [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer >>>> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm > I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I dragged > one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered that it's no [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jo-Anne Press Ctrl/Z to Undo the last operation. If that doesn't do it, drag the icon to the Start button, hover till the Start Menu opens, continue hovering till you get where you'd like to drop it. If you drag with a right-click, you'll have a few options, such as to create a shortcut, move or copy. SignatureJoe =o) Thank you, Joe! I did it another way after reading earlier responses, but I'm going to save your instructions for the next time I screw up. Jo-Anne >> I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I >> dragged [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > right-click, you'll have a few options, such as to create a shortcut, > move or copy. |
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