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Start Menu Right Pane
  1. #1


    barglen Guest

    Start Menu Right Pane

    I have 2 Hard Drives - 1 for OS the other for Data. Since all my data is on
    disk D I wanted to change the Documents, Music, and Pictires links on the rhs
    of the start pane to point to the new location. i did that OK by using
    properties, move location.
    however I stuffed it up by changing where "Videos" points. "videos is a link
    under the users on c:. Anyway, I sent it to the wrong place. When I tried to
    fix it my documents, pictures and music links were all lost. Somehow i've
    managed to re-establish the Documents link to point to the correct place (on
    the Data HDD) but I can't change Music or Pictures. They are just empty and
    do nothing. If I point to them and right click and select properties there is
    no "Location" tab, and in fact there is nothing at all.The links are OK in
    "Favourite Links" when Computer window is open, but they are dead on my start
    panel right hand side. All the other items in that panel are OK.
    How can I reset those links to point where I want.
    Any advice?
    --
    regards
    ....barglen



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  2. #2


    Ramesh, MS-MVP Guest

    Re: Start Menu Right Pane

    Hi Barglen,

    You can fix the shell folder paths in the registry. See:

    Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
    http://www.winhelponline.com/article...tart-menu.html

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    Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
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    Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


    "barglen" <barglen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:814172B9-362A-4564-A1BD-02677E4347F7@xxxxxx
    I have 2 Hard Drives - 1 for OS the other for Data. Since all my data is on disk D I wanted to change the Documents, Music, and Pictires links on the rhs
    of the start pane to point to the new location. i did that OK by using properties, move location. however I stuffed it up by changing where "Videos" points. "videos is a link
    under the users on c:. Anyway, I sent it to the wrong place. When I tried to
    fix it my documents, pictures and music links were all lost. Somehow i've
    managed to re-establish the Documents link to point to the correct place (on
    the Data HDD) but I can't change Music or Pictures. They are just empty and
    do nothing. If I point to them and right click and select properties there is
    no "Location" tab, and in fact there is nothing at all.The links are OK in
    "Favourite Links" when Computer window is open, but they are dead on my start
    panel right hand side. All the other items in that panel are OK.
    How can I reset those links to point where I want.
    Any advice?
    --
    regards
    ....barglen

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  3. #3


    barglen Guest

    Re: Start Menu Right Pane

    Thank you.
    I'll give it a try and let you know.
    --
    regards
    ....barglen


    "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

    > Hi Barglen,
    >
    > You can fix the shell folder paths in the registry. See:
    >
    > Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
    > http://www.winhelponline.com/article...tart-menu.html
    >
    > --
    > Regards,
    >
    > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
    > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
    > Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
    >
    >
    > "barglen" <barglen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:814172B9-362A-4564-A1BD-02677E4347F7@xxxxxx
    > I have 2 Hard Drives - 1 for OS the other for Data. Since all my data is on disk D I wanted to change the Documents, Music, and Pictires links on the rhs
    > of the start pane to point to the new location. i did that OK by using properties, move location. however I stuffed it up by changing where "Videos" points. "videos is a link
    > under the users on c:. Anyway, I sent it to the wrong place. When I tried to
    > fix it my documents, pictures and music links were all lost. Somehow i've
    > managed to re-establish the Documents link to point to the correct place (on
    > the Data HDD) but I can't change Music or Pictures. They are just empty and
    > do nothing. If I point to them and right click and select properties there is
    > no "Location" tab, and in fact there is nothing at all.The links are OK in
    > "Favourite Links" when Computer window is open, but they are dead on my start
    > panel right hand side. All the other items in that panel are OK.
    > How can I reset those links to point where I want.
    > Any advice?
    > --
    > regards
    > ....barglen
    >

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  4. #4


    barglen Guest

    Re: Start Menu Right Pane

    Well, I tried it and no success.
    Tried both the manual edit and the automated option.
    The reg entry already says, fyi, %USERPROFILE%\Music. I tried changing
    "Music" to point ot my actual path - no effect. Changed it back to Music - no
    effect.
    When I right click on the Music link on the start panel it just shows Copy,
    Rename or Properties. If I click on properties there is just one tab:
    "General" -- and its empty of any info, all blank or zero for each field. No
    other tabs present.
    Havr tried restarts and reboots - but no help.
    When I have the "Computer" screen open, the favourite links to docs, pics,
    music etc all work OK. Its just on the start panel and just for Music and
    Pictures.
    I'm thinking my only option will be to delete and recreate this userid. FYI
    its not admin. My administrator id and other ids are fine -- just this one I
    stuffed up.
    BTW, this is Vista Home Premium.
    --
    regards
    ....barglen


    "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

    > Hi Barglen,
    >
    > You can fix the shell folder paths in the registry. See:
    >
    > Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
    > http://www.winhelponline.com/article...tart-menu.html
    >
    > --
    > Regards,
    >
    > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
    > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
    > Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
    >
    >
    > "barglen" <barglen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:814172B9-362A-4564-A1BD-02677E4347F7@xxxxxx
    > I have 2 Hard Drives - 1 for OS the other for Data. Since all my data is on disk D I wanted to change the Documents, Music, and Pictires links on the rhs
    > of the start pane to point to the new location. i did that OK by using properties, move location. however I stuffed it up by changing where "Videos" points. "videos is a link
    > under the users on c:. Anyway, I sent it to the wrong place. When I tried to
    > fix it my documents, pictures and music links were all lost. Somehow i've
    > managed to re-establish the Documents link to point to the correct place (on
    > the Data HDD) but I can't change Music or Pictures. They are just empty and
    > do nothing. If I point to them and right click and select properties there is
    > no "Location" tab, and in fact there is nothing at all.The links are OK in
    > "Favourite Links" when Computer window is open, but they are dead on my start
    > panel right hand side. All the other items in that panel are OK.
    > How can I reset those links to point where I want.
    > Any advice?
    > --
    > regards
    > ....barglen
    >

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  5. #5


    barglen Guest

    Re: Start Menu Right Pane

    Solved.
    I copied the Music and Pictures links from C:\users\default into
    c:\users\myid and tehn changed the location.
    Seems to have reset it all successfully. Time will tell.
    --
    regards
    ....barglen


    "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

    > Hi Barglen,
    >
    > You can fix the shell folder paths in the registry. See:
    >
    > Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
    > http://www.winhelponline.com/article...tart-menu.html
    >
    > --
    > Regards,
    >
    > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
    > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
    > Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
    >
    >
    > "barglen" <barglen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:814172B9-362A-4564-A1BD-02677E4347F7@xxxxxx
    > I have 2 Hard Drives - 1 for OS the other for Data. Since all my data is on disk D I wanted to change the Documents, Music, and Pictires links on the rhs
    > of the start pane to point to the new location. i did that OK by using properties, move location. however I stuffed it up by changing where "Videos" points. "videos is a link
    > under the users on c:. Anyway, I sent it to the wrong place. When I tried to
    > fix it my documents, pictures and music links were all lost. Somehow i've
    > managed to re-establish the Documents link to point to the correct place (on
    > the Data HDD) but I can't change Music or Pictures. They are just empty and
    > do nothing. If I point to them and right click and select properties there is
    > no "Location" tab, and in fact there is nothing at all.The links are OK in
    > "Favourite Links" when Computer window is open, but they are dead on my start
    > panel right hand side. All the other items in that panel are OK.
    > How can I reset those links to point where I want.
    > Any advice?
    > --
    > regards
    > ....barglen
    >

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  6. #6


    Ramesh, MS-MVP Guest

    Re: Start Menu Right Pane

    Thanks for the update, barglen.

    --
    Regards,

    Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
    Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
    Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


    "barglen" <barglen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:13A8C7AD-7E64-4477-8C19-97C154A69225@xxxxxx
    Solved.
    I copied the Music and Pictures links from C:\users\default into
    c:\users\myid and tehn changed the location.
    Seems to have reset it all successfully. Time will tell.
    --
    regards
    ....barglen


    "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

    > Hi Barglen,
    >
    > You can fix the shell folder paths in the registry. See:
    >
    > Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
    > http://www.winhelponline.com/article...tart-menu.html
    >
    > --
    > Regards,
    >
    > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
    > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
    > Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
    >
    >
    > "barglen" <barglen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:814172B9-362A-4564-A1BD-02677E4347F7@xxxxxx
    > I have 2 Hard Drives - 1 for OS the other for Data. Since all my data is on disk D I wanted to change the Documents, Music, and Pictires links on the rhs
    > of the start pane to point to the new location. i did that OK by using properties, move location. however I stuffed it up by changing where "Videos" points. "videos is a link
    > under the users on c:. Anyway, I sent it to the wrong place. When I tried to
    > fix it my documents, pictures and music links were all lost. Somehow i've
    > managed to re-establish the Documents link to point to the correct place (on
    > the Data HDD) but I can't change Music or Pictures. They are just empty and
    > do nothing. If I point to them and right click and select properties there is
    > no "Location" tab, and in fact there is nothing at all.The links are OK in
    > "Favourite Links" when Computer window is open, but they are dead on my start
    > panel right hand side. All the other items in that panel are OK.
    > How can I reset those links to point where I want.
    > Any advice?
    > --
    > regards
    > ....barglen
    >

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  7. #7


    SandDunes Guest

    Re: Start Menu Right Pane


    barglen;3692604 Wrote:

    > Solved.
    > I copied the Music and Pictures links from C:\users\default into
    > c:\users\myid and tehn changed the location.
    > Seems to have reset it all successfully. Time will tell.
    > --
    > regards
    > ....barglen
    >
    >
    > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
    >

    > > Hi Barglen,
    > >
    > > You can fix the shell folder paths in the registry. See:
    > >
    > > Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows
    > Vista Start menu:

    > >
    > http://www.winhelponline.com/article...tart-menu.html

    > >
    > > --
    > > Regards,
    > >
    > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
    > > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
    > > Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
    > >
    > >
    > > "barglen" <barglen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:814172B9-362A-4564-A1BD-02677E4347F7@xxxxxx

    > > I have 2 Hard Drives - 1 for OS the other for Data. Since all my data
    > is on disk D I wanted to change the Documents, Music, and Pictires links
    > on the rhs

    > > of the start pane to point to the new location. i did that OK by
    > using properties, move location. however I stuffed it up by changing
    > where "Videos" points. "videos is a link

    > > under the users on c:. Anyway, I sent it to the wrong place. When I
    > tried to

    > > fix it my documents, pictures and music links were all lost. Somehow
    > i've

    > > managed to re-establish the Documents link to point to the correct
    > place (on

    > > the Data HDD) but I can't change Music or Pictures. They are just
    > empty and

    > > do nothing. If I point to them and right click and select properties
    > there is

    > > no "Location" tab, and in fact there is nothing at all.The links are
    > OK in

    > > "Favourite Links" when Computer window is open, but they are dead on
    > my start

    > > panel right hand side. All the other items in that panel are OK.
    > > How can I reset those links to point where I want.
    > > Any advice?
    > > --
    > > regards
    > > ....barglen
    > >
    Hello Barglen,

    I seem to have the same problem, except I messed up with the 'Pictures'
    folder alone. Also, I'm the administrator and am still unable to figure
    out how to get the link on the right panel of the start-up menu to
    work.

    When you say 'copy links from default to user ID', how exactly are you
    copying the links?

    Thanks,
    Sand


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  8. #8


    SandDunes Guest

    Re: Start Menu Right Pane


    Thought you guys might want to know another way to fix the above -

    http://www.winhelponline.com/article...tart-menu.html

    Thanks


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