sorry.....<grinning sheepishly> sometimes kids have different way of
speaking that we adults have some difficulty of comprehending the
real meaning.
What he mean is he want to regain the shortcut for the paint utility
in the accessory directory...
He want to know what to do......
Hmmm expecting a clearer view from you crystal ball?
.......grin....
Everything you see in the Start Menu on up (or down) is just a folder
or a shortcut to a program.
Let's look at Start, Programs, Accessories.
When you first install Windows, a folder gets created here: C:
\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs
\Accessories. Everyone user will see at least these items when they
log in. Browse to this folder and take a look.
Is that folder are more folders and shortcuts to programs that are in
c:\windows\system32 (paint.exe for example). The executables are not
there, just some more folders and shortcuts (or links if you will)
When you create a new user, they get a copy just for them under: C:
\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories.
That folder will contain some, but not all of the stuff from the All
Users folder. Browse to this folder and take a look.
When this user goes to Start, Programs, Accessories he will be
presented with some combination of both folders (without duplicates).
When you install a program it sometimes asks you do you want to make
it available to all users or just you. Depending on your answer, the
installation will put it in an an All Users folder or the appropriate
folder for the installer.
When somebody else logs in, they will have their own Start, Programs,
Accessories folder resembling the one for All Users. Everybody has
their own, but they all start from All Users as the base.
If you want to create a new shortcut or link, you just need to create
it in correct folder - do you want everyone to see it? Put it in the
All Users Accessories folder. All users will see it and all newly
created users will see it.
Do you only want a specific user to see it? Put it in the Accessories
folder that belongs to them.
If your user is missing stuff from Accessories it may still be in the
All Users section, so you can copy and paste. Or you can get into the
user folder and just create a new shortcut to a special program (or
folder) just for that user. It is all up to you.
There is no need to add the extra step of creating a shortcut on the
desktop or your hard drive, copying it, pasting it then deleting the
now useless shortcut. The stuff is already there, you just need to
find it and put it where you want.
I don't know of a way to create a new shortcut to a missing program
from going through Start, Programs, Accessories. You can certainly
delete shortcuts, but they will only delete them for that user and if
the are Windows built in Accessories they will still be in the All
User folder.
This concept applies to everything you see from the Start menu no
matter how far down you drill, it is still just a folder somewhere.
Now if you would have originally said "When my nephew logs in and
looks in Start, Programs, Accessories, somehow the Paint option is
missing (or whatever is missing). How do I restore the missing
options to his choices in Accessories?" I asked several time for a
specific example...
You could have fixed this in one 5 minutes reply instead of a dozen.
Jose
