Lost shortcut

[Francis Hookham]

Windows XP, Word 2000

Somehow I have lost the Word shortcut on the taskbar. I scrapped the
shortcup on the desktop ages ago. Word no longer appears in Programs from
Start.

Word is still there hiding but I cannot find it so can you suggest how to
get a shortcut back into these places. There is no problem with running Word
once I have double clicked an existing file but it is a bit cumbersome and
very time wasting.

Please help.

Thank you,

Francis Hookham

 

[ChrisM]

In message (e-mail address removed),

Windows XP, Word 2000

Somehow I have lost the Word shortcut on the taskbar. I scrapped the
shortcup on the desktop ages ago. Word no longer appears in Programs
from Start.

Word is still there hiding but I cannot find it so can you suggest
how to get a shortcut back into these places. There is no problem
with running Word once I have double clicked an existing file but it
is a bit cumbersome and very time wasting.

Please help.

Thank you,

Francis Hookham

Francis, you need to find out where the Word program(WINWORD.EXE) is living
on your disk. Possibly somewhere like 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office'.

Navigate to that location in an Explorer window, then you can just drag the
WINWORD.EXE icon into your Start Menu and the taskbar.

 

[Luc]

Francis,
Do a search for winword.exe file (F3 or click start - search..., when you
have found it in the search results screen, rightclick it, choose attach to
the start menu, or choose make shortcut, you will get a message warning you
cannot make a shortcut in the search dialog but asking if you want one on
your desktop, click yes. You can edit the text under the icon if you want.
Right click the icon and choose change name.

 

[Francis Hookham]

Thanks Chris and Luc - I should have found it without bothering you - I'm a
Mac man from as long ago as 1984 and still, after 4-5 years, have
difficulties to finding my way round Windows. Somehow it just does not
seem... but I wont go along that just now.

Best wishes for 2007 and more difficult questions than that one!

Francis