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• Search programs and files option is missing in my Start menu.

  Start menu problem

  search programs and files option is missing in my departure menu.i uses windows7.can of assistance for me?

  Do you mean in the Start Menu search box is missing.

  If so, try these 2 methods...

  1. start > Panel > programs and features > column to the left, click enable features or disable > (wait for it to load) > scroll to find Windows Search > check the box in front > OK when finished.

  2. start > all programs > Accessories > scroll to find Run > until it clicks > in the run box, type services.msc > click OK > scroll to find Windows Search > until it clicks >

  left column, click on restart the service.

  Make sure that under status... He says Started

  under type of startup... it says automatic (d...

  IF not, right-click on Windows Search > properties >

  in startup type, click on the pointer, and then select Automatic (delayed start)

  to the service status, click Start

  Click OK when finished.

  Services output window.

  Reset.

  Search box is restored under Start menu?

• Accessories folder is missing from the Start Menu

  Hello - I just bought a new CPU with Windows 7 Home Premium installed.  When I started to use the system, I know that the traditional Accessories folder which usually includes tools system and other files/folders was in my Start Menu.  After using the test for some time and the installation of many new programs, I noticed that the folder is missing.  Is there a way to get this back in the start without a system restore, because who will cause losing me my programs newly installed what I read on other threads.  Thanks for your comments.

  You are right that the system restore can cause you to have to reinstall your newly added programs.  Here is a possible alternative:

  Restore previous Versions of a file or folder
  1 - click on the Start button, then click on the "All programs" link at the bottom.  Choose "open all users".

  2. in the window that opens, right-click on the folder programs and then choose "restore the previous Versions. The Properties window may take a while to load in all copies of old available in this folder.  Is cool: these versions are in the same place as the restoration of the system of backups, but they allow you to restore individual files rather than your entire system :)

  3 - Click on an older version of the file from a date when you know the Accessories folder was still there, then click on 'Open' and look around.  From there, you can with the right accessories backup button and paste it into your programs folder real (that you opened in step 1).

  I hope this helps.

  If it solves your problem, click on the link "Propose as answer" below and vote as useful by clicking on the green triangle for the lelft. Thank you!

• Post-it Note, Snipping Tool, Sound Recorder etc missing from the Start Menu

  Some integrated programs have suddenly disappeared in the folder 'Accessories' in the Start Menu, including sticky notes, Snipping Tool, Sound Recorder, and record Tablet PC Tools was empty too and maybe even more than programs that I do not know. (I don't know why this happened, the only reason why I can think of is maybe I fell a development of my antivirus program).

  I looked online for solutions, I tried:

  -Option unchecking and rechecked the "Tablet PC Tools' of the 'Turn Windows has or not', which bought only the programs in the Tablet PC Tools in the Start Menu folder, but not the Post-it Notes and other

  -Restore to an earlier point, but did not work

  -Enter sfc/scannow in the command prompt but it has said is that Windows has no problems of integrity or something after scanning and solves nothing

  The programs are always there, I found 3 of them in C:/Windows/System32 as exe files and they work from there, but they just will not be displayed in the Start Menu or when I do a search. I don't know what else is missing. Is it possible to bring them back in the start menu? Would be fixed it with a factory reset? - but I don't really want to do a factory reset, unless I am out of options.

  Help would be much appreciated!

  A factory reset would, but that's certainly an exaggeration just to restore shortcuts.

  A colleague MVP of my friends has released a download of all the default shortcuts in Windows 7 and has instructions on how to retrieve it here:

  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/135246-start-menu-all-programs-Windows-7-restore-default-shortcuts.html

• Windows XP stop missing from the start menu

  Original title: my stop is missing

  My stop from the beginning tab disappeared... what makes a most difficult job to shut down my computer. Anyone know how to get the return stop in my Start button? Thank you

  Hi Momcat,

  Click Start-> run, type &-> gpedit.msc-online user configuration-> models of administration-> start menu and taskbar ==> right side Double click on 'Add Logoff to the start menu' and select 'enable '.

  This will Log off and the stop button on your Start menu.

  I hope this helps.

• Windows media center is missing from the start menu

  We have windows vista home preium reinstalled on our computer because the old hard drive is faulty, when we go in the menu start Windows media center is not in the start menu and when I run a search so that it can not be found, it is installed as I can start it up if I go to the visitor center and click the icon it How do I get it back on the start menu.

  Hi rgren,

  Navigate to the folder C:\Windows\ehome, right click on the file ehshell.exe (Windows Media Center) and choose "PIN to Start Menu". It will be called ehshell.exe, but you can rename it to "Windows Media Center" If you want to.

  I hope this helps.

• 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...

  Click Start > programs > Accessories > system tools > system restore > choose another time > next > etc.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• options missing from the start menu in the game of 4 elements

  When I get timed out at level 3 of the game, a window opens stating I can go to 'options' in the menu start and change fashion casual., except 'options' are not in the start menu.  I went to Playrix and Xbox, uninstalled and reinstalled the game and options is still missing in the menu.  Xbox gave me a toll-free number to use, but I thought I'd try first online help.

  Not sure why a program error would be referred to Xbox. It's something that was missing in the way of original game when it was out. This is not a conversion to windows games problem. Options disappeared forever...

• program icons missing from the start menu

  original title:

  Hello
   
   
  If you can help me I would be grateful, otherwise I'll be grateful for the time spent reading this email anyway.
   
  1-workstation lost all the icons on the start menu, all icons and folders in all programs and even in C: drive, did not show all records.
  2 - I got some of them:
  a icons turn on the start menu, depending on whether I use some programs. (are populated according to are open)
  menu b-all programs, and is now show a list of all records programs installed, but when I click on the folder, click on the icon and run the program, it shows empty, the icon is not present.
  c in C drive, today shows all folders and all content must also normally.
   
  My question: How can I fill all incons in all programs to be able to access each program on the pc?
   
  Computer is: HP Pavilion Slimline, Windows Vista Home Premium system.
   
  Thanks for all your time and help, if possible.
   
  Nice day!.
   

  Hello

  1. don't you make changes to the computer before the show?

  2. you receive an error message when you try to open any program of all programs?

  Method 1: restart the computer in safe mode and check if the problem persists. To restart the computer in safe mode, follow the steps in the following link.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

  Method 2: If the problem persists then in safe mode, restart the computer in clean boot in order to verify if any third-party application is causing the problem. Follow the steps below provide links to perform the clean boot.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Note: Make sure to restart the computer to normal startup followed step 7 in the link.

  Method 3: I suggest you to run a full system scan on the computer by using the Microsoft Safety Scanner and check if the computer is infected with the virus.

  You can download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner from the link provided below.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

• Windows 7 Pro - WAU is missing from the start menu

  Hello. Thanks in advance for your help. I have four computers with Windows 7 Pro. None of them are in a domain, and the users are administrators with disabled UAC.

  A computer that I am wanting to upgrade to Ultimate does not show the "Windows Anytime Upgrade" in the start menu. WAU is in the other three systems start menus, but not this one. YES - I am an administrator and it is professional edition. NO - I'm not on a domain and have not tinkered with Group Policy settings.

  When I go into the properties of the computer, the "get more features with a new edition of Windows 7" is also absent on the shot I want to improve. Any ideas?

  Where did you get your Windows 7 Professional licenses? Is it volume licensing?

  If you are unable to find the Express upgrade program, first of all, make sure that you are running a supported product, WAU is not compatible Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate because it is the most comprehensive editions of Windows 7. If you use the home edition Premium or professional and you are not able to find it, click Start > click on Control Panel. Click in the view by: list box and click large icons, then double-click the Anytime Upgrade Panel element.

  WAU is supported in the distributions of volume of Windows 7 Professional license?

  By default, it is disabled. It is likely, is likely to make an Express upgrade, but may be disabled by your network administrator in order to avoid upgrades of licenses for the company. Consulter consult with the person who manages your computer, find out if you can upgrade the machine.

  If the administrator access to the machine, try the following, click Start, type: gpedit.msc, and then press on enter on your keyboard.

  Expand User Configuration

  Expand Administrative Templates

  Expand Windows components

  Click Windows Anytime Upgrade

  Double-click on prevent Windows Anytime Upgrade of the race

  Double-click on prevent Windows Anytime Upgrade to run, select enabled, and then click on apply and OK

  Exit group policy

  Click Start, type: gpupdate.exe/force

  You must restart the computer and then you should be able to make an Express upgrade.

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• After a virus and clean it miss me my Start menu and programs list, count still boot and search windows shows all my files and folders

  my computer get a virus, use antivirus software to remove it, but found my departure to the top and list Miss program. When I do a windows search I see all my files and folders. My documents and images are so moved. I can still access Internet and surfing the net. any help would be apreciated.

  Hi tessagourden,

  ؠ What is the service pack installed on the computer?

  Try the methods below:

  Method 1:

  Run the checker system files on the computer. Link, we can see: Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747

  Note that: if he asks you the service pack CD, follow these steps from the link: you are prompted to insert a Windows XP SP2 CD when you try to run the tool on a Windows XP SP2 computer system File Checker: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900910 (valid for Service pack 3)

  Method 2:

  You may need to create a new user account and check if this may help, for the steps see: how to create and configure user accounts in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279783

  If the problem is resolved in the new user account and then follow the steps from the link below: how to copy data from a corrupted to a new profile in Windows XP user profile: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151

• Missing file and start to question

  When I turn on my computer I get the logo page of Toshiba and along the bottom of the screen...
  Press F2 for Setup and F12 for the boot menu device.
  Its the only way WindowsXP will load is pressing F1,

  Also when it does not load properly, I get this error message...
  MKBDATA > DATA file is missing... I tried all the usual searches, but no luck... can you please help...

  Hello

  I put t have all the details on this file, but you should try to use the System Restore tool.
  This beautiful program Windows can restore your operating system to the next good point of work.
  But in my opinion, if this procedure doesn't help, the best way is to recover the operating system with recovery CD supplied.

  Best regards

• Stop and run option is missing from the Start Menu.

  Original title: Administrator group of experts.

  On the Admin Panel when I want to close I normally press start and the "closing". However the button turn off disappeared and only shows button "quit". In addition the 'run' button is gone as well. How to restore it back to normal?

  It will help with these situations... and, this lesson, I've added a few new commands to my answer of registry file generic copy/paste for these kinds of things:

  If you see things like this:

  You do not have sufficient security privileges to restore your system.
  The System Restore tab is missing from the my computer properties.
  System Restore has been disabled by group policy.  To turn on system restore, contact your domain administrator.
  The System Restore tab is available, but the turn off System Restore (disabled by Group Policy) box is grayed out.
  The task manager has been disabled by your system administrator.
  The registry editor has been disabled by your system administrator.
  The task manager has been disabled by group policy.
  The registry editor has been disabled by group policy.
  The command prompt has been disabled by your administrator.  Press a key to continue...

  The usual advice are something in the sense of "something has been disabled in the group policy...". ", and it is probably true that something has been disabled, but you know what something is and what it takes to do about it.

  If you are using XP Home Edition, you will get away with advice to use the Group Policy Editor, because there is no Group Policy Editor in XP Home and that really doesn't tell you where to look in group policy, even if you run the Group Policy Editor.

  You need a complete solution that works for all versions of XP and requires no hunting around in the Group Policy Editor or registry to find where things are that have been disabled.

  Unless you have disabled these things on purpose, chances are good that your system has a malware infection.  The malware knows what tools you use to try to find and remove, for the malware disables the things you are more likely to consume and prevents them from running if you can't find the malware and remove it.

  If your system has this kind of affliction, all malicious software tools you currently use or have used failed to protect your system so that you can expand your horizons malware detection and prevention to prevent these kinds of afflictions in the first place.

  The malware will be happy you trick into thinking that you need to so something drastic to fix your system - as a facility repair, system restore point or a total reinstallation of XP.  This is what it would be like you, but these measures are not necessary.

  You must solve the immediate problem of the tools does not, then scan your system for malware when you are finished.

  No matter what kind of malware you've used analytical tools, they are unlikely to solve this problem, because they cannot tell if the changes made to your system have been on purpose (you or an administrator who makes them) or some malware changed them, so the analysis tools will let these things alone (it's usually a good thing).

  If your system is afflicted in this way, there are probably other things that also do not work - like the registry editor, System Restore and the command prompt, so fix them all at once even if you have not discovered they are broken again.

  These commands from registry removes the registry entries that are stop opening programs.  Although the registry entries do not exist, these commands are safe to run and will work for all versions of XP.

  Before making any changes to your registry, back up the registry with this free and popular tool:

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/get/ERUNT.html

  Open Notepad to create a new text file:

  Click Start, run and enter in the box:

  notebook

  Click OK to open a new Notepad file.

  Copy and paste the following lines of text into the new Notepad file.

  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
  "DisableTaskMgr" = -.
  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
  "DisableRegistryTools" = -.
  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]
  "DisableCMD" = -.
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem\\\]
  "DisableTaskMgr" = -.
  [HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
  "DisableTaskMgr" = -.
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
  "DisableCAD" = DWORD: 00000000
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore]
  "DisableConfig" = -.
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore]
  "DisableSR" = -.
  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
  "NoRun" = -.
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
  "NoRun" = -.
  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
  "NoClose" = -.
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
  "NoClose" = -.
  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
  "NoSetTaskbar" = -.

  Save the new text file with extension .reg on your desktop or somewhere you can remember with a name you can remember, something like:

  enableit.reg

  After you save the file, close Notepad.

  Locate the file enableit.reg on your desktop and double-click it.

  Alternatively, you can right-click on the enableit.reg file, choose open with... and select the registry editor.

  Answer in the affirmative to the question... Are you sure you want to add the information in the registry?

  You should then see a message that information has been registered in the register.

  Reboot your system and test.

  You can delete the enableit.reg file when you are finished.

  If the registry editor has also been disabled, we first fix (not a problem).

• Menu administration tools is missing from the Start Menu of Vista

  I don't know how or when that happened, but today when I opened the whole start, the administration tools option menu was missing.  I went into the folder program Data\Microsoft\Windows\Start Démarrer\Programmes and the Administrative Tools folder was there with all its contents. Yet it does not appear when you click on the Start button.  Any ideas what the cause and healing can be?

  Hello

  We are pleased to know that you were able to solve this problem.

  If you have any other questions about Windows operating systems, please get back to us.

• Freezing at the Office - cannot open all the files, shortcuts, start menu, etc.

  I was running a lot of programs when my computer froze. I press power to restart and chose to restart in normal mode. I was able to get on my desktop, but unable to do anything else. My mouse wouldn't work, but Office would freeze if I tried to open anything. I closed and open in safe mode with networking, and it seems to work very well. I did a system restore, without success. Help, please!

  Try the safe mode with Networking if you will not be able to access it via the Normal Mode.

  I see a lot of recommendations here for programs such as -

  Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/MBAM.php

  SuperAntispyware
  http://SUPERAntiSpyware.com/

  If this is not malware, it could be reached by a driver or a third-party software.

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
  http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/929135

  See how many unsigned drivers, you have running on your computer.  This article will guide you on the instructions, but all you need to do is type sigverif in start run.

  How to identify unsigned with sigverif utility in Windows Vista drivers
  http://www.WinVistaClub.com/F34.html

  Maybe you have a damaged user profile, you can test by creating, or using, another account user and see if they can get around the place.

  Other things you can try.

  Try running ChkDsk to check your drive for errors. Right click on your drive icon / properties / tools / error checking.  First try checking not be (read-only) to see if it reports any problems file or hard drive.  If this is the case, start by checking the two boxes, in no other rerun.

  How to repair the operating system and how to restore the configuration of the operating system to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/936212/#appliesTo