All program files and shortcuts from the "Start" menu disappeared

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  Hello
  I have a problem with to unpin the shortcut on the start menu. When I click with the right button on the shortcut and select "Remove from this list", the shortcut is removed manually.

  But when I try to use the following script to remove the shortcut does not work.
  Name of the shortcut in the start menu: Sap Logon Pad.lnk

  Script used:
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  Dim objShell filesystem, objFolder, objFolderItem, colVerbs
  Dim objVerb
  Set objShell = CreateObject
  set the file system = CreateObject ("script. FileSystemObject")
  Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace (file system. GetParentFolderName ("C:\Program Files\SAP\SapSetup\setup\SAL\saplgpad.s8l"))
  Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName (file system. GetFileName ("C:\Program Files\SAP\SapSetup\setup\SAL\saplgpad.s8l"))
  Set colVerbs = objFolderItem.Verbs
  For each objVerb in colVerbs
  MsgBox objVerb
  If replace (objVerb.name, "&","" "") = objVerb.DoIt then "Remove from Start Menu"
  Next

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  Please suggest if there is another option to solve this problem using the VB script or batch script or some commands.

  Hello

  Your question of Windows is more complex than what is generally answered in the Microsoft Answers forums. It is better suited for the IT Pro TechNet public. Please ask your question in the Forums Pro Windows XP IT.

• Trojan horse? items disappeared from the start menu and shortcuts of desktop do not work

  original title: Trojan horse?

  items disappeared from the start menu and desktop shortcuts do not work. I can't open any file I download cannot use the system restore and do not have cd to install what can do to solve this problem?

  Get protection for example: -.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-GB/security_essentials/default.aspx

  -or: -.

  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/

  There are many other products in addition to the above there are on the market.

  If my comments have helped please vote too useful.

  Thank you.

  PS You must also make sure that you have a firewall and it's on.

• lost all my programs from the start menu, a

  lost all my programs from the start menu, favorites as all my photos and docs. Can I get them back thanks for any help,

  What did you do last before this happened?

  It looks like someone may have maliciously tampered with your computer.

  Take a look in your trash and see what you can find.

  If they are not there, try to download and run this program:

  http://download.CNET.com/Recuva/3000-2242_4-10753287.html

  He'll pick up things that have been deleted from the Recycle Bin.

  Be forewarned, it will probably work for a long time.

  Hope this helps

  Post back if necessary

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• After you restore rundll32.exe, I restarted my computer all the icons on my desktop and all programs in the start menu disappeared

  Every thing seems to have returned to normal, but when I restarted my computer all the icons on my desktop and all programs in the start menu disappeared, and yet, all programs are always in: Control Panel > add/REMOVE programs.   I can still connect to the internet by going to-Start > my computer > view > go to the desktop. How to get back all the icons on my desktop. I tried a click right, but in vain. I also ran a scan complete antivirus. any help would be appreciated.

  Thank you Joel S. Before I could put your advice into practice a friend recommended a friend who advised me to do a system restore, which he said he would be happy to do it for me. So look like an easy option, I agreed. It seems to have solved the problem (fingers crossed), but now it seems that I need to format the hard drive. If you have any tips on formatting hard drive I'm all ears. Thank you Owen

• After you install the updates, programs disappeared from the start menu, internet connection fails after leaving "sleep" mode and the system restore disappeared.

  Original title: most of the programs have disappeared from the start menu.

  Family Vista using premium, updates of Windows installed 10/8 then found that most of the programs has disappeared from the start, internet menu connection fails after that out 'sleep' mode and restore Sytstem disappeared.

  Help please

  Hello

  Please see below for a possible solution:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-system/programs-missing-from-start-menu-in-Windows-7/507709ad-EDBB-46e7-AF44-11a64d36b854

  Also, please create a new user profile and see if the problem is there again. If this is not the case, see the following:

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  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/troubleshoot-problems-with-installing-updates

• Programs Windows missing from the Start Menu

  All my Windows programs have disappeared from the start menu.  I was playing with the option hidden files on some of my shirts.  I followed the suggestions of another post on changing the property of my programs to uncheck hidden and which did not help.  Any suggestions?

  Restore point:

  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/using-Windows-Vista-system-restore/

  Do Safe Mode system restore, if it is impossible to do in Normal Mode.

  Try typing F8 at startup and in the list of Boot selections, select Mode safe using ARROW top to go there > and then press ENTER.

  Try a restore of the system once, to choose a Restore Point prior to your problem...

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  See you soon.

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• Cannot remove a program from the start menu icon

  Original title: icons in the Start Menu;. Cannot delete the program start menu icon to remove/uninstall, need help?

  S pie Menu icons; Ghost of icons

  I deleted a program and uninstalled completely, but the program icon always appears in the start menu.  I was not able to remove the icon. Right-clicking on the icon simply freezes the start menu for several minutes. I was able to remove from the desktop.

  I tried the Program Data > Microsoft > Windows > Start Menu > programs > but the icon.

  I had this problem before, but I just do not remember how I fixed it. Any help would be appreciated.

  Hi Kevin, thanks for responding.

  The program was the Vuze, and I managed to get rid of the icon.  By a right click and do not move the mouse and wait 5 minutes eventualy box popped up and I was able to remove the icon from the start menu.

  The solution was a lot of patience.

  Please help us well!
  
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• Start menu up: How do I remove programs from the Start Menu

  Please tell us how can I remove programs from the Start Menu.  In other words, I seem to have many programs starting to run, when I start my PC.

  Thank you

  Try this program to change the start:

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

  This utility, which has a knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs configured to run at system startup or login and that the entries in the order of processing windows. These programs include those in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other registry keys. You can configureAutoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell, toolbar extensions, helper objects to the browser, Winlogon notifications, auto and many start-up services even more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

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  http://www.LyteByte.com/2008/06/11/remove-unwanted-startup-programs-Windows-Vista/

  And this, read also.

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  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Satellite L630 - how to rename files or folder in the Start Menu

  I used to rename files and folders by clicking the right button of the mouse or touchpad set and choose Rename.
  With my new Satellite L630, if I click on the right button, the menu with the options does not appear.

  It does not appear when I right-click on ay other file or folder, but not in the start menu. I can also drag an item any within the start menu.
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  I assume you are using Win7. Right?

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• What happened to the shortcut on the start menu in Windows?

  After the Muse on Windows 10 2015.2, I can no longer pin the program in my Start menu, which is the case until now, I always recorded. I can not even find the program by searching for, and it is not in the folder program files. To open the program, I had to do it directly from the Adobe cloud program, and I later opened by double just by clicking on one of the Muse files I was working with. I can still pin Muse to the taskbar, but I'd really rather in the start menu, I have try to keep the taskbar pretty clean and do not use Muse too often that the other programs that I keep there.

  In any case, this change in the installation by design is? Seems very counterintuitive not to be able to access it from the same location as other programs Adobe. I really have no idea where the executable file is still at the present time.

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  Thank you for pointing out this bug! The shortcut on the start menu should be back in our latest version of Muse, version 2015.2.1.21.

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• In Windows 7, after the application of SP1, I can no longer access my phone book from the start menu or use the search function.

  I just applied SP1.  Until I applied this update that everything worked as I expected.

  Since then, whenever I type anything in the search on the start menu, there is no result.  The only exception to this is that if I type in a full path, for example "C:\Program Files\", how I get a list of files in that directory.  If I type in everything that is not a path, as for example the letter p or the word 'paint', told me that "no element not corresponding to your research."

  If I click 'more results', I get an error with a big red x box.  The legend is "search query: = paint", for example if I searched for painting.  The text is "Windows cannot find ': search query = painting '.»  Make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again. "I wasn't expecting this error box, but rather a window with a list of search results.

  I have downloaded and run the troubleshooter of research - Mats_Run.search.exe.  It tells me that no errors have been detected and gave me the option to reset the search.  I did this, then waited a whole day to search for re - index, but the results are the same.
  In addition, after reading a few other questions on the microsoft Web site, I've done different things which seem to as they should not work - I have turned me folder, active random registry settings options, etc..  Indeed, none of these things had an impact or shows something unusual.
  Also, I can access is no longer my home directory from the start menu.  If I click on my user name that appears in the upper right corner of the menu start, the start menu closes and nothing happens.
  There are a few other circumstances where I can't reach my directory.  For example, if I have an Explorer pointed toward a library, say "Downloads", if I click on my user name in the breadcrumb path, he will remain in the directory downloads instead of going to my home folder, as I expect.  Also, if I click on my user name in the Favorites list in the left pane of the Explorer, I would expect the Explorer window to access my home folder.  Instead, he remains in the folder where he currently resides.
  As I said earlier, before applying the update it worked as expected.
  Thanks a lot for your time!

  Hello

  Turn off or uncheck search in Windows Control Panel and restart the computer.
  After the computer restarts, place a check for Windows Search and restart the computer. Then find the issue.
  Reference: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Turn-Windows-features-on-or-off

  Also please take a look at the article that could help you.
  The box "search programs and files" does not correctly display the search results in Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/977380

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  I found a way to remove all items from the start menu. I hope that I followed the instructions in an appropriate way, it did not seem a few typos, so I followed his instructions implicitly given by the photo he attached.

• Remove/hide help and support on the start menu.

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  Hi Mastressa,

  Thanks for posting your question on the Microsoft Community Forums
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• How can I remove "Log Off" from the Start Menu?

  The Shut Down window includes Log Off option, and I accidentally disconnected when I did not.

  Hello

  You are using the classic Start Menu?

  Check if one of the steps helps you accomplish the task.

  Step 1: Remove the option of logging for the Normal Boot Menu.

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