The problem is not that I cant open programs, its that
the ALL PROGRAMS on the start menu wont work. This
problem has happened on about 30 computers I have but it
did not happen all at the same time. If I change the
start menu to classic, the programs says its empty. There
is no group policy set. I have run a virus scan and
nothing was found. I have been watching the news groups
and other people are haveing the same problem.
Thanks Chris

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 02:13:57 -0800, "Chris"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>If I change the
>start menu to classic, the programs says its empty.

Have you checked the folders involved to see if it is indeed empty?


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Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP

Hi Chris,

Try Sharon's advice. Another reason which I think of is incorrect file/folder permissions:

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

See if you have access to these folder and their sub-folders . Not sure if it will work, but a good one to start with.

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Free Online Virus Scanners and Security Tests:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Scanners.htm



"Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:de6a01c40b3f$64ff13a0$(E-Mail Removed)...
The problem is not that I cant open programs, its that
the ALL PROGRAMS on the start menu wont work. This
problem has happened on about 30 computers I have but it
did not happen all at the same time. If I change the
start menu to classic, the programs says its empty. There
is no group policy set. I have run a virus scan and
nothing was found. I have been watching the news groups
and other people are haveing the same problem.
Thanks Chris