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• 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

• 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.

• 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).

• 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

• 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

• 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...

• System Restore is missing from the start menu and does not work after upgrade from win98se to winXP Pro.

  I just upgraded to winXP Pro win98se. After doing so I discovered there are no ads for tabs "System Restore, disk cleanup, Disk defrag, scheduled tasks or System Info ' not listed in the"System Tools"menu, but the others are. I also noticed he wasn't an App icon. "Security system" in the control panel. I installed SP2 to try for a fix, but later he installed only the "security system" App.  I find 'rstrui.exe' in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Restore folder, but when I click it, nothing happens.
  I'm working on a laptop Dell Latitude cpi with a Pentium II 363 and 128 MB of Ram.

  The reason for all the downtime is you have 2 OS installed (partially), & windows

  XP is you expected in the Committee to xp & remove the possibility of return to 98... its been a long time

  but, open Disk Cleanup utility, remove the previous operating system (select all), once through, open the disc

  cleaning, locate the 'other options' button, select this option to remove all but the last restore point, close. Go

  to run, type: appwiz.cpl locate the large fo; der with the old operating system, remove it, close when thru.

  Run Disk Cleanup.

• 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!

• 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.

• I can access is no longer my computers to the working group. Indeed, My Network Places is missing from the start menu.

  I am connected to a router via ethernet and that works very well. My internet connection is working. I have no problems printing on my printer wireless via the router. But I can not networked with my other computers. I can't watch my workgroup. I've run the Network Setup Wizard and it seems to work without error, but nothing does... There is a Fix - it on the support site of changing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBt\Parameters and I did it with no change in results. BTW, this used to work. This used to swap with my other computer. If I go on my laptop and try to access the links posted here I get a "path network not found" error.

  The location of the hotfix is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903267 hope it will work for you.

• 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

• 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:

  Difficulty of a corrupted user profile

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

• How can I remove windows box office and upcoming facebook in the start menu

  How can I remove windows box office and upcoming facebook in the start menu

  I moved your question answers feedback to Windows desktop and personalization areas.

  You care to offer up what version of Windows, you are talking about but if it's Windows 7, I would right-click on the offending list and either:

  1. Remove from this list , is that the entry is in the most recent lower part / area most often used.
  2. Delete the Start Menu if the entry is pinned in the Start Menu (above the most recent / most often used).