Some people should not touch a PC

[Barbed Wire Kiss]

Hi there

This is a question that should be easy for our XP experts.

My girlfriend, in her enthusiasm for Minesweeper and Spider has dragged their links from the All Programs menu to her desktop, meaning they've disappeared from the menu in both our user accounts.

Anyone got ideas on how to restore them.

Thanks
BWK

[Krell]

This may be pretty simple. See if you have System Restore enabled, and use the most recent Restore Point that precedes the disaster.

First off, right click the Start button, and select Explore.

paste this in to the address location at the top:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

and hit enter.


That this sort of thing is what is is incorperated for. If not, we'll try the hard way.

Make Explorer full screen, then look under C:\Documents and Settings for your user accounts and desktop.

ex: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop

Try to find the items from the All Programs menu (folder). If you can see the shortcuts there, on the desktop, then move the folder back to:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu

Notice this is the ALL users path. Get that right, then you can sort out who has what once its more workable.

Its 3: am, so I am not going further with this, just look in to these two approaches, and see what you can get done.


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[shawners]

it could be a good thing.. Imagine how much time you save your girlfriend.

[Omyn]

Yes now she can spend time on other things such as baking, cleaning and making love.

Maybe not such a bad thing after all.

[shawners]

Long as she can multitask, like download songs while playing video games or such.. =) Or abitilty to watch paris hilton while doing minesweep.

[rebirth]

or you could just put them back into the all users start menu folder....and de-complicate your life...

[rebirth]

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu

[aqlo]

grab em with the right button and drag them back, when you drop them a menu pops up, choose "copy"

[rebirth]

oops I hadnt noticed that you, Krell, had already posted that ...
I'll shut up now

[Krell]

No worries.

Hows that Eddie Munster thing working out for you?

[Barbed Wire Kiss]

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu

Well guys thanks for all your help, especially Krell, on form as ever :gj. Above is exactly what I've been looking for, I just couldn't think of it this morning.

As far as my girlfriend goes, at least I didn't make the cock up, this time. The stupid thing is, she generally knows computer as well as me.

Cheers

[rebirth]

edit: I was off tha topic

[vipp]

I was sure this thread was going to be about Kyle :angel

Glad you got it fixed tho.

[cheapprick]

I was sure this thread was going to be about Kyle :angel

And I was thinking CPU.

[method77]

I was sure this thread was going to be about Kyle

same here hehe