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    Problem: Start menu empty

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Aerozolic, Nov 2, 2007.

  1. Aerozolic

    Aerozolic Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    I uninstalled and installed some programs today and later deleted some un-needed folders manually from start menu.
    Did a restart later on and after that I saw that my start menu is just empty. Nothing there anymore.

    Any ideas how to restore it? :confused:

    Thanks for help

    (a picture too)
     

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    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    you could drag n drop shortcuts into it....
     
    Harper2.0, Nov 2, 2007
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  3. Aerozolic

    Aerozolic Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe, but I'd like to restore the Accessories menu with System Tools and all. Adding the other programs aint a problem.
     
    Aerozolic, Nov 2, 2007
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    OHH....I didn't even notice the picture was of "All Programs"...but that's very odd. Maybe try a reboot?
     
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    Aerozolic Notebook Consultant

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    If there's no other way to fix this then maybe somebody can compress their Accessories menu and put it up somewhere. So I could just download it and decompress to get those shortcuts back.
     
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    try a system restore. it will fix it 99% ;)
     
    Alexkass, Nov 2, 2007
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  7. Aerozolic

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    Can't. I don't have it enabled.
     
    Aerozolic, Nov 2, 2007
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    If somebody could only send me their C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder without their personal programs shortcuts and Startup folder, it would be all ok again.
     
    Aerozolic, Nov 2, 2007
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    Have you tried going to the start menu properties and reset the settings , i.e. "use default settings"?

    switch to classic start menu then change it back?
     
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  10. Aerozolic

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    Tried both. The shortcuts are deleted. Use Default settings only switches the view back to default but it's not re-making the shortcuts.
    Switching to Classic view gives me the same result.
    It's really strange how the shortcuts and all menus vanished because I didn't delete them by myself.
     
    Aerozolic, Nov 2, 2007
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  11. Hiker

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    What's Priit, on top of your start menu. And the left column says "(empty)"?
     
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  12. Aerozolic

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    Priit is my username. When I view All Programs from Start menu then it shows me that the menu is empty. No Accessiories, no Maintenance, no Startup, no Programs, nothing.
     
    Aerozolic, Nov 2, 2007
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    Bummer. Sorry, I have no clue. Best of luck.
     
    Hiker, Nov 2, 2007
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