Can't see Start Menu folder

[Guest]

I am running XP. I want to delete a shortcut from the Startup folder in my
profile but the Start Menu folder doesn't appear in my profile. Can anyone
help?

thanks

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

It's not in this folder?

Documents and Settings\<Your Account Name>\Start Menu

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[Wesley Vogel]

Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

If you do not find the item there,
Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup


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[Kelly]

Added info, if it isn't listed within the Startup Folder, you can also look
here:

Start/Run: msconfig
Startup

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[Guest]

No Will Denny. When I open "explore" and go to D & S\my user name\...the
Start Menu folder does not appear.

 

[Guest]

I did as you described and got an error msg that said "cannot fine %user
profile%\Start.

 

[Frank]

I am running XP. I want to delete a shortcut from the Startup folder in my
profile but the Start Menu folder doesn't appear in my profile. Can anyone
help?

thanks

Some start menu shortcuts are in the all users profile. If you right
click the shortcut and choose >delete< it will delete the shortcut
for all users.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Maybe you have lost your Start Menu folder. Or just the Startup folder.

Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

%userprofile%

Does Documents and Settings\YourNameHere open?

Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

%userprofile%\Start Menu


Does Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Start Menu open?

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[Guest]

I typed %myuserprofile% in Run and got error msg that can't find file. I
have all the other standard folders in my profile, but am missing the Start
Menu folder.

 

[Guest]

this shortcut is clearly only in my profile startup folder. I just can't see
the folder.

 

[Guest]

I went to msconfig and the startup tab and unchecked a box associated with
AOL, but after restart I got a dialogue box that seemed to steer me to go
back to normal mode, which restored the check in the AOL box.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Try using %userprofile% *NOT* %myuserprofile%. As you have seen
%myuserprofile% will only get an error.

%userprofile% is an environment variable that is the path to the user's home
folder.

Typing or pasting %userprofile% into the Start | Run box opens to the
Documents and Settings folder on whatever drive it is located on for the
logged in user.

I.e. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here

Also, right click the Start button, click on Explorer.

What opens?

C:\Documents and Settings\Markymowster\Start Menu ?

Click on the [+] next to Programs to expand the tree.

Forget that. I reread another of your posts where you stated: [[When I open
"explore" and go to D & S\my user name\...the Start Menu folder does not
appear.]]

Try this...

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

It sounds like %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu may be messed up big time.

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