right click on Start - Programs does not work

[Vaclav]

Hi All,

I would like to sort programs in the Start - Programs menu. When I right
click on the menu, nothing happens. It used to work before.

Any ideas?
Thanks
Vaclav

 

[AR]

Does your right click work in other apps OK?

 

[Vaclav]

Hi,

I am talking about the Start - Programs menu of windows XP, there are no
apps involved. It used to work earlier. No popup menu appears.

Thanks
Vaclav

 

[AR]

Hi

The reason I ask is that if you're right click does not work in other apps,
Word, Excel, Explorer etc, it could simply be a mouse configuration/driver
or even hardware issue which would be very easy to check for and fix.

Cheers

 

[Craig Schiller]

Vaclav -

Don't right-click on a blank space. Right-click when the mouse is over
one of the items in the menu.

HTH,
Craig

 

[Vaclav]

As I said, it used to work before (many years), and it works on all other
PCs except mine
(In other words, I know how to click).

The mouse is OK. I can right click in any application.

Thanks anyway
Vaclav

 

[Craig Schiller]

I'm sure you know how to click. The point is WHERE you are clicking. It
doesn't work if you click in a blank portion of the start menu.

Craig

 

[Vaclav]

I am able to invoke to popup menu on any other PC, so obviously it is a
problem with my PC.

 

[Sharon F]

Hi All,

I would like to sort programs in the Start - Programs menu. When I right
click on the menu, nothing happens. It used to work before.

Any ideas?
Thanks
Vaclav

Control Panel> Taskbar/Start Menu Properties
On Start Menu page, click the customize button.
Place check next to "enable dragging and dropping."
OK your way back to the desktop.
Should be able to right click in the start menu now.

 

[Craig Schiller]

Okay, you win. Enjoy.

I am able to invoke to popup menu on any other PC, so obviously it is a
problem with my PC.

 

[Craig Schiller]

Okay, well I hope you solve your problem, then.

I am able to invoke to popup menu on any other PC, so obviously it is a
problem with my PC.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I wondered how many posts would appear before someone posted the correct
answer.

You get the gold start, Sharon.

I wonder if the OP will see your post?

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Sharon F]

I wondered how many posts would appear before someone posted the correct
answer.

You get the gold start, Sharon.

I wonder if the OP will see your post?

I was beginning to wonder too. It's such a silly problem in that the fix is
not intuitive. Symptoms certainly are consistent though.

 

[Phil Weldon]

'Wesley Vogel' wrote:
| I wondered how many posts would appear before someone posted the correct
| answer.
_____

Or, if once led to water...

Phil Weldon

|I wondered how many posts would appear before someone posted the correct
| answer.
|
| You get the gold start, Sharon.
|
| I wonder if the OP will see your post?
|
| --
| Hope this helps. Let us know.
|
| Wes
| MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
|

 

[Wesley Vogel]

is not intuitive.

No, you have to know about it already.

[[Prevents users from using the drag-and-drop method to reorder or remove
items on the Start menu. Also, this entry removes context menus from the
Startmenu.]]
NoChangeStartMenu
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/92885.asp

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Vaclav]

Hi Sharon,

Thank you so much!!
Now I can find my programs more easily...

Thanks again
Vaclav