Vista - Pictures link in right side of start menu doesnt work

Hi can anyone help - The pictures link does not work whan i click on it. I
cant find any detials in right click/properties - there are no tabs to change
location. Ive typed shellictures and nothing comes up. I think this links
to installing a 2nd hard dive on a network that had a my pictures fodler.
System restore does not change either. How can i ge the pictures button
working again from the start menu?

Right click on the Pictures link & go to Location tab to see where the folder
is actually located. C:\user\name\pictures is the default. You need to go to
that folder, right click on it and change the location of your pictures.
"Mark" wrote:

> Hi can anyone help - The pictures link does not work whan i click on it. I
> cant find any detials in right click/properties - there are no tabs to change
> location. Ive typed shellictures and nothing comes up. I think this links
> to installing a 2nd hard dive on a network that had a my pictures fodler.
> System restore does not change either. How can i ge the pictures button
> working again from the start menu?

Hi there is no location tab on the folder when right clicking - I only get
the general tab with no location showing and no size on disk or creation date
etc

"Mary" wrote:

> Right click on the Pictures link & go to Location tab to see where the folder
> is actually located. C:\user\name\pictures is the default. You need to go to
> that folder, right click on it and change the location of your pictures.
> "Mark" wrote:
>
> > Hi can anyone help - The pictures link does not work whan i click on it. I
> > cant find any detials in right click/properties - there are no tabs to change
> > location. Ive typed shellictures and nothing comes up. I think this links
> > to installing a 2nd hard dive on a network that had a my pictures fodler.
> > System restore does not change either. How can i ge the pictures button
> > working again from the start menu?

In the Registry Editor, what is the path for the My Pictures data in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders?

(The default is "%USERPROFILE%\Pictures".)

"Mark" wrote:

> Hi there is no location tab on the folder when right clicking - I only get
> the general tab with no location showing and no size on disk or creation date
> etc
>
> "Mary" wrote:
>
> > Right click on the Pictures link & go to Location tab to see where the folder
> > is actually located. C:\user\name\pictures is the default. You need to go to
> > that folder, right click on it and change the location of your pictures.
> > "Mark" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi can anyone help - The pictures link does not work whan i click on it. I
> > > cant find any detials in right click/properties - there are no tabs to change
> > > location. Ive typed shellictures and nothing comes up. I think this links
> > > to installing a 2nd hard dive on a network that had a my pictures fodler.
> > > System restore does not change either. How can i ge the pictures button
> > > working again from the start menu?

Thank you very much Dean. This has solved the problem and I am very grateful.
Best wishes

"Dean-Dean" wrote:

> In the Registry Editor, what is the path for the My Pictures data in
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders?
>
> (The default is "%USERPROFILE%\Pictures".)
>
> "Mark" wrote:
>
> > Hi there is no location tab on the folder when right clicking - I only get
> > the general tab with no location showing and no size on disk or creation date
> > etc
> >
> > "Mary" wrote:
> >
> > > Right click on the Pictures link & go to Location tab to see where the folder
> > > is actually located. C:\user\name\pictures is the default. You need to go to
> > > that folder, right click on it and change the location of your pictures.
> > > "Mark" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi can anyone help - The pictures link does not work whan i click on it. I
> > > > cant find any detials in right click/properties - there are no tabs to change
> > > > location. Ive typed shellictures and nothing comes up. I think this links
> > > > to installing a 2nd hard dive on a network that had a my pictures fodler.
> > > > System restore does not change either. How can i ge the pictures button
> > > > working again from the start menu?

I have exactly the same problem but the solution that Dean-Dean wrote didn't
work for me.

I went to the registry and sure enough it had an incorrect location (on
networked drive) I changed it to: %USERPROFILE%\Pictures but still doesn't
work

Any help would be appreciated..

Thanks in advance

"Mark" wrote:

> Thank you very much Dean. This has solved the problem and I am very grateful.
> Best wishes
>
> "Dean-Dean" wrote:
>
> > In the Registry Editor, what is the path for the My Pictures data in
> >
> > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> > Shell Folders?
> >
> > (The default is "%USERPROFILE%\Pictures".)
> >
> > "Mark" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi there is no location tab on the folder when right clicking - I only get
> > > the general tab with no location showing and no size on disk or creation date
> > > etc
> > >
> > > "Mary" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Right click on the Pictures link & go to Location tab to see where the folder
> > > > is actually located. C:\user\name\pictures is the default. You need to go to
> > > > that folder, right click on it and change the location of your pictures.
> > > > "Mark" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi can anyone help - The pictures link does not work whan i click on it. I
> > > > > cant find any detials in right click/properties - there are no tabs to change
> > > > > location. Ive typed shellictures and nothing comes up. I think this links
> > > > > to installing a 2nd hard dive on a network that had a my pictures fodler.
> > > > > System restore does not change either. How can i ge the pictures button
> > > > > working again from the start menu?

Please ignore last post, it occured to me to reboot the machine and it works
now..

Thanks Dean-Dean


"Durrson" wrote:

> I have exactly the same problem but the solution that Dean-Dean wrote didn't
> work for me.
>
> I went to the registry and sure enough it had an incorrect location (on
> networked drive) I changed it to: %USERPROFILE%\Pictures but still doesn't
> work
>
> Any help would be appreciated..
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> "Mark" wrote:
>
> > Thank you very much Dean. This has solved the problem and I am very grateful.
> > Best wishes
> >
> > "Dean-Dean" wrote:
> >
> > > In the Registry Editor, what is the path for the My Pictures data in
> > >
> > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> > > Shell Folders?
> > >
> > > (The default is "%USERPROFILE%\Pictures".)
> > >
> > > "Mark" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi there is no location tab on the folder when right clicking - I only get
> > > > the general tab with no location showing and no size on disk or creation date
> > > > etc
> > > >
> > > > "Mary" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Right click on the Pictures link & go to Location tab to see where the folder
> > > > > is actually located. C:\user\name\pictures is the default. You need to go to
> > > > > that folder, right click on it and change the location of your pictures.
> > > > > "Mark" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi can anyone help - The pictures link does not work whan i click on it. I
> > > > > > cant find any detials in right click/properties - there are no tabs to change
> > > > > > location. Ive typed shellictures and nothing comes up. I think this links
> > > > > > to installing a 2nd hard dive on a network that had a my pictures fodler.
> > > > > > System restore does not change either. How can i ge the pictures button
> > > > > > working again from the start menu?