RE: pinned start menu shortcuts disappear

From: Mary (Mary_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/16/04 

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:04:34 -0700

Make sure you right click on the shortcuts in Start>All Programs list and choose Pin to Start Menu.

"Deirdre" wrote:

> On a brand new Win XP Pro install (OEM from Alienware),
> when I make a make a user (admin role) or use the built-in
> Administrator account, anything I add/remove to the start
> menu -using the XP style one- does not stay of I log off
> or restart. They only appear when I switch to Classic
> start menu. I already checked to make sure it wasn't due
> to reg entries (and nothing configured in Group Policy).
> I even went into Documents and Settings to paste them from
> the profile's program folder back up a level to no avail.
>
> Any ideas?
>

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