Re: Start menu

From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:49:09 GMT

I am a single user and not on a network. I put everything in All Users.
Right click the Start button | Explore All Users

When logged on as John, you should see items from both:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
and
C:\Documents and Settings\John\Start Menu

When you install a program, if you initially configure the software to be
accessible only to you, shortcuts will appear in:
C:\Documents and Settings\John\Start Menu

If configured for machine wide, shortcuts will appear in:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
Is the Common Start Menu, appears for anyone who logs on.

An Application Data folder should not be in your Start Menu!

To see yours:
Start | Run | Type: %APPDATA% | OK

Application Data folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data
C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Application Data
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Application Data
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Application Data

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Application Data
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Application Data
C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Local Settings\Application Data
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Application Data
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Application Data 

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
In news:UJeOc.1026$P77.434@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net,
John Rampling <j.rampling@NOSPAM.com>  hunted and pecked:
> After five years using Windows 98 I have just upgraded to XP and find
> the Start Menu mystifying! Sometimes shortcuts seem to go missing
> from my programs list and I have just found out why.
>
> In the Documents and Settings directory I see three Users, called 'All
> Users', 'Default User' and 'John'. Each has a subdirectory called
> 'Start Menu'. When I click the 'Start' button I tend to get the
> 'John' files but I think it sometimes shows me 'All Users' instead.
>
> Furthermore, when I install a new program it adds a new shortcut to
> the Start Menu BUT I can not predict whether it will add it to 'All
> Users' or 'John'. That is why my shortcuts sometimes go missing -
> they are on the wrong Start Menu! And if a shortcut appears under
> 'All Users' it does NOT appear under 'John', despite the title.
>
> (What's more, there is a folder on my Start Menu directory called
> 'Application Data' which appears in Explorer but not on the Start Menu
> itself - that's OK because the folder has the 'hidden' attribute set,
> so I can figure that out.)
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Or is it just another Microsoft
> annoyance? And what can I change to bring my computer under my
> control?
>
> John