Re: Start Menu question Please

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From: Dudley Henriques (dhenriques_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:33:21 -0500

I have it now Sharon; thank you. I was looking in the wrong place in Windows
Explorer. I had missed the "my name" tree all together.
The programs are there under my name in that tree as you said.
Thanks again
DH
"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:30:57 -0500, Dudley Henriques wrote:
>
>> I accidentally left side dragged Wordpad and Notepad to the desktop to
>> create shortcuts there instead of right side dragging them. I got the
>> desktop shortcuts but lost the listing of these two programs in the add
>> programs/accessories list.
>> To get them back on the add programs list I tried using Windows Explorer
>> and
>> went to the Start menu folder/accessories sub folder and copied the
>> desktop
>> shortcuts and pasted them in there. They show up on the add programs list
>> normally now. but for some reason, after closing Windows Explorer and
>> opening it again, the two icons I pasted in there (Wordpad and Notepad)
>> are
>> now missing where they showed in the Windows Explorer accessories folder
>> before. .
>> Is there some reason for this? I'd like to understand how this process
>> worked....getting both Wordpad and Notepad back into the add programs
>> listing. Did I do it correctly, or have I done it incorrectly. I can't
>> figure out why the programs were showing in Windows Explorer, and not
>> showing up there now.
>
> I've never moved my Notepad and Wordpad shortcuts. I'm finding Notepad in
> Documents and Settings\<myaccount>\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories
>
> and Wordpad is in
> Documents and Settings\All Users\Star Menu\Programs\Accessories.
>
> Suggest trying again using Windows Explorer or my Computer to copy/paste
> these shortcuts back into position.
>
> TIP: In the future when you want to duplicate or add a shortcut to the
> desktop, try a right click on the item. Then select Send To> Desktop as a
> shortcut.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

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