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Yes, If Windows is bad XP Really sucks!
I wanted my friends to see the picture, so I dragged it to my desktop, wrote an e-mail to everyone on my list then dragged the picture back onto the open On Windows, it creates a shortcut to the link, and doesn't even offer to copy the image. For making you bring up a contextual menu just to drag and drop,

Spybot Dead
You will need to be using Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT4, Windows 2000 or Windows XP. The rest of this announcement is: 1. ..... PGP installed but start menu items have gone. Permission to configure newsgroup content ratings needs to be removed. Installer does not run in Upgrade mode.

Calendar is gone!
Be sure to allow enough time to see if the freezes are gone before ending further tasks. NOTE: Do not end the Explorer or Systray tasks. Windows needs these to function. Start Menu The startup menu group contains shortcuts: \windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup If using profiles, also look in:

Unable to empty Recycle Bin
During my VB6 program, I have it create Start Menu folders for the user and filecopy down shortcuts that they're supposed to use. I've gone as far as even creating a 1-line program to simply remove the directory. Again it fails. With VB6 still running, not even Explorer can rename or delete the folder (access

Logical Drive Windows show on re-boot
This software may have ->gone lost during the reinstallation. ->Either reinstall that software or open My Computer and drag the ->Control Panel from here to the Start button to create a shortcut to it ->in your Start Menu. Open the Properties for that shortcut and define a ->shortcut key for it here.

Linux crashed again. It's no better than Windows.
I had done the same thing and then when I put them back, the double entries were gone. If you want the shortcut arrows gone and keep the context menu with the Contect Menu handlers get asked each time a menu is built what entries, if any, it wants to show. So even if Pin To Start Menu isn't available on a

HERE IS HOW TO ALTER THE STUBBORN START MENU (REVISED)
Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems] "Doug" wrote: Good morning, I hope someone can help me with this one. My boss turned his computer on today and all his program shortcuts were gone from his start menu. We were able to find them through Windows Explorer

Outlook killed WinMsg/MSExchange, can't recover!
Windows XP: Sound Level Gone Down? (XP) Click on "Speaker" icon in your system tray and adjust volume. No icon visible? Try "Start," "All Programs," "Accessories Go to the start menu button, select "Control Panel," then "Performance and Maintenance," then "Administrative Tools," then the "Services" shortcut and

Linux evaluation part 2
On the Internet Properties I have gone to the Programs tab and selected OE for both mail and news. I selected apply and OK and restarted, but OE still does In the Show on start menu section, click the Email option and select Outlook Express from the drop down menu. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.

Many custom icon associations gone
If you just want to use the Windows Messaging then that icon can be copied to the Desktop from the WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs. In Windows Messaging I've gone into Tools->Services and removed & re-added the Internet Mail item. No help. However, on reinvoking WinMsg/MSExch it says: Couldn't read your email

Duplicate context menu items
This virus has simply taken advantage of the fact the folder itself doesn't show up on the Start menu (it would show up under Windows NT). The virus itself was gone (if its still in your e-mail, delete the relevent message). When you finally deleted the registry entries, Windows stopped recreating the DC28

Outlook Express v6 - selecting multiple news msgs for ...
Now you need to create a shortcut in the Windows95 Startup Group. You can do that by following these steps. A) Right click on the TASKBAR B) Select PROPERTIES C) Select the Start Menu Programs tab D) Click on the ADVANCED button E) This will open a Windows Explorer F) Double-click on PROGRAMS on the left side of

Lost Start Menu
Unfortunately, these are usually in the All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories folder in Documents and Settings. I'll send a copy of the shortcuts, ZIPped via private e-mail. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows 9x/XP Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Associate

email settings
"Log Off Command Missing From Start Menu in Windows 98". You get a list of all these articles (and more), when you type TweakUI in this MicroSoft Knowledge Base page search box. If you have experienced or read about other Win98 TweakUI BUGs not listed here (and their eventual fixes), please send me e-mail.

MSN SignUp Icon Gone? How to signup?
One thing particularly interesting is the ability to view some your old e-mail if you happen to have a hotmail account. (Oddly, I've only been able to retreive ..... 3) Delete the shortcut (.lnk) under c:\windows\start menu\programs\startup\. 4) Delete the findfast.exe file from c:\progra~1\micros~1\office\.

Restoring OE as mail reader
Not a virus) Anyhow, the wcab32.com is a 1Kb shortcut - copy attached. It was located in the C:\Windows directory. If this is a serious Trojan, kindly let me This time Windows did not ask for the errant file. Not only that, the message "Runtime error 216 at 00002021" was gone. I sent the following e-mail to

Physical Memory getting used up fast: Help!
Either Outlook Express for OS X, or a lot of improvements to Apple's own Mail program. I'm using Outlook Express in Classic mode right now to create this posting It's very nice in Windows to be able to click on a file and drag it into your Start menu, or to click on and delete an old bookmark from your web

System Tools in START > All programs > Accessories is "gone"
If I recall correctly, the menu option for news just launches Outlook Express with a switch set that disables its E-mail client. I don't know if its menu option can be made to launch a different news reader program. I would suggest that you just use the start menu option to launch your news reader or put a shortcut

Why I wont be using Vista again (Long)
On the Index menu, click Close And Stop. Then, click OK to stop Find Fast. Then, do either of the following: Remove the Microsoft Find Fast shortcut from the StartUp folder (typically in the Windows folder in the Start Menu\Programs folder). -or- - Run the Microsoft Office 97 Setup program in maintenance mode,

Weird Hard Drive accesses
Netscape program used to be in Program in my start menu but it is gone. Can I get it back? Thanks Look in other program groups on your Start menu, it may have been moved inadvertently. Are you an experienced Windows user? Do you know how to put folders and shortcuts on the Start menu?