Re: Start Menu shortcut icons not showing up

Hi,

If they work now, then you are logged in as "User" and not as "Jerry". Copy
them from there to the AllUsers folder hierarchy and it won't matter which
profile you are using.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Newsgroups" <jerrysgerber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:v2Uuf.857$WY5.72@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hey Rick,
>
> I checked and my icons of shortcuts are neither in C:\Documents and
> Settings\Jerry\Start menu\Programs nor are they in C:\Documents and
> Settings\AllUsers\Start menu\Programs.
>
> Instead they are in C:\Documents and Settings\Users\Programs. But they
> work now correctly. Am I missing something??
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23qheYVSEGHA.984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> On the users folders, the first (USERS) is a template created by the pc
>> maker for all new user accounts. The latter is your actual user profile
>> (click start/run, type %userprofile% and click ok, it should open to your
>> folder). To have icons appear, they need to be in either:
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Jerry\Start menu\Programs
>> or
>> C:\Documents and Settings\AllUsers\Start menu\Programs
>>
>> The latter houses shortcuts and settings that apply (can you guess?) to
>> ALL USER accounts.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Newsgroups" <jerrysgerber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:25Iuf.3011$Hl6.337@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I am encountering a problem when I go to the START button and click on it
>>>to a program folder, where I right click on that folder to open up a
>>>grouping of shortcuts to programs. When I place a new shortcut icon in
>>>that window and close it, the shortcut doesn't show up in the start menu
>>>programs as I expect, as it did in Windows 98SE.
>>>
>>> A related problem seems to be my not being clear on the difference
>>> between the DOCUMENTS & SETTINGS/USER folder and the DOCUMENTS &
>>> SETTINGS/JERRY (my name) folder. The first problem seems connected in
>>> some way to the first.
>>>
>>> Any help as to how Windows handles these mundane tasks would be much
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Jerry
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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