2 start up folders in the start menu

[Guest]

i use a computer running xp-sp2,i share it with other 3 users each has his
own profile ,2 adminstrators and 1 limited,i have 2 start up folders in my
start menu ,one of them can be deleted,the question is why i have 2 ?

 

[Guest]

One is from All Users or Default User. Move or delete the shortcuts in one
of those Startup folders, then there should be no duplicate in your profile.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The whole Start Menu is a combination of these two folders...
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
or %allusersprofile%\StartMenu
and
C:\Documents and Settings\Logged On User\Start Menu
or
%allusersprofile%\Start Menu

There should not be two Startup folders in the Start Menu.

I would suspect that one or the other %allusersprofile%\Start Menu or
%allusersprofile%\Start Menu is messed up.

Instead of doing all of the following, try Reset the Shell Folders paths to
defaults first. See below.

I can only guess that Start Menu and Startup are both messed up in both
keys. I do not know for sure. Maybe only Startup is screwed up.

Open Registry Editor and navigate to the locations below

Backup the registry before modifying it. See here.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/registry.htm

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Double-click Start Menu and set it to %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu

Double-click Startup and set it to %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Startup

Navigate to this location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Set Common Start Menu to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu

Set Common Startup to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Startup

Close Registry Editor and restart.

Paraphrased from...
Duplicate Icons in the Desktop - Windows 2000/XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/duplicatedesktop.htm

Also see this...
Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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