Well repeating the above steps (this time in my All User's Start Menu), moving more things into a sub folder. 7 - http:// Vista - http://www.vistax64.com. . Hey, I figured out how to get my all programs folders restored to where they were no longer Join Forum | Login | Today's Posts | Tutorials | Wi. Most start menu program folders say (empty). Hi there,I have a problem with most of the programs in my start menu no longer containing any shortcuts but just displaying "(empty)" as shown below. And when I use "search programs & files" to find the program it doesn't find it either. I first noticed this happening about 3 months after I did a clean install of Windows 7 and I am 9. I have installed since then. The shortcuts are there after the programs are first installed (I don't check this all the time though) but disappear soon after - maybe after the next logon.. I don't know. It must be related to permissions because when I right click on "All Programs" and select "All Users", if I try to open one of the affected program's folders I get the message "You don't currently have permission to access this folder". I can click "continue" and open the folder and the shortcuts are there.(A related problem maybe that some of the shortcuts have lost their icons??)I don't know much permissions and ownership etc but have managed to change the ownership of one of these folders to Administrator and it then the shortcuts also appear again in the start menu. I could just go through and do this to all the 4. I want to know what's causing it to stop it happening in the future. I have spent hours trying to find a solution to this problem and it is driving me crazy! I have seen a lot about the Windows 7 restore virus that makes start menu folders empty? I don't think this is the problem (I used to run AVG but now Microsoft Security Essentials and they have never found anything) but I haven't actually seen any info about how to confirm if you have this virus or not - mainly people advising to run different "virus fix" programs which I am wary about. I have only ever had one user account on the computer which is set to admin privileges too. Any help would be much appreciated, Thanks! Worked like a charm. Unfortunately W7 Pro puts half of the start menu in the admin start menu and only the all user start menu is shown here. It’s not that hard to combine them; I did it that way in XP. But I’ve developed my own system ‘forcing’ the default start. Hi group, Since a few days, my 'Start' menu, when I select 'All programs', is completely empty. Everything looks and works perfectly okay until I go to 'Start' / 'All programs', then I get just an empty frame of the right size. Szenario: Windows 7 RC x64, 8GB. Start Menu 'All Programs' is empty or nothing happens when you click the menu Symptoms Published : May 01, 2004 Updated : July 30, 2005 Send your feedback When you click Programs menu in the Start Menu, it may show as (Empty) Nothing happens when. . was able to restore the icons to my desktop, C: drive, and main Start Menu, but I still have a problem. When I click 'All Programs,' my program folders appear, but they're all empty. The programs are. Windows SteadyState http:// Question 1 18/8/2011 2:31:03 18/8/2011 2:31:03 Windows SteadyState. One of the most common uses of the Start menu is opening programs installed on your computer. To open a program shown in the left pane of the Start menu, click it. The program opens and the Start menu closes. If you don't see the program you want, click All.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
September 2016
Categories |