Vista - Start Menu - Restore Missing Default Shortcuts

Thankx for this i installed My Care on my system, and next day no start menu.
Only one user account on pc, would not even create a new account showing full menu..
so hence this
needless to say no more my care for me..

Your welcome Gizmo_Workshop, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

err, sorry but i don't understand how to do step 7..

i tried opening the "Music" on the start menu but it won't show up. the general tab is blank too. aarggghh..

Hello Brenda, and welcome to Vista Forums.

If the Music folder is missing, then double check in Option Two of the tutorial below to make sure that the Music (My Music in registry) folder as the default location %USERPROFILE%\Music set for it in the registry. This should restore the Music folder you. Afterwards, the properties window should be back to normal to.

Personal User Folder - Restore Missing Folder

Hope this helps,
Shawn

thank you thank you thank you.. hahahahaha.. now it's back to normal.. hopefully no such problems arise anymore.. wasted my whole day to find the solution to this thing.. hahahaha..

thanks again!

brenda

Your welcome Brenda. I'm happy to hear that it is sorted for you now.

Shawn

hello and thank you for helping me!

actually i have another problem with my start menu entries after restoring them. the new old default entries show a message when i double-click them and ask if i'm sure that i want to open this file. actually that's quite annoying.
i'd be very thankful if somebody could help me with that problem!

Hello Gnaggwatschn, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Some programs, the ones with the shield on their icon, will require you to click Continue or Allow in the UAC prompt if they need elevation permision before running though. The only safe way to stop that is to elevate your Administrator account.

User Account Control (UAC) - Elevate Privilege Level


For the others, right click on the shortcut and click on Properties. If you see a Unblock button under the General tab, then click on it to remove that message.

If not, then take ownership of the shortcuts to see if that can stop the message.

Take Ownership of file

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hello Brink,

I have three missing shortcuts on the start/all programs list. I think they disappeared after I foolishly tried to access the temporary internet files folder by changing permissions (but I don't see how). I've tried your solution but it didn't put back the missing items. I can see them in the start menu/programs folder but don't know how to pin them back to the start menu.

Any clues?

Martin

Hello Martin, and welcome to Vista Forums.

You should be able to right click on the shortcut and click on Pin to Start Menu to.

Start Menu - Pin to

and

Start Menu - Pin Folder To

Hope this helps,
Shawn