My Computer missing on Start Menu

[Ray Parrish]

Hello,

When I click Start the only entries I see in the one area where My
Computer should be is My Documents, Pictures, and My Music.

How do I restore My Computer to this menu?

Thanks for your time in advance.

Later, Ray Parrish

 

[John John (MVP)]

Right on the Start button and click on Properties then on the
Customize... button. Then click on the Advanced tab and take a look at
the Start menu items.

John

 

[John John (MVP)]

That was suppose to be "Right click on the Start button..."

John

 

[Ray Parrish]

Hello,

I did that and "Show My Computer" was already selected. I noticed
several other things that were also selected which will not show there
either.

Any ideas?

Later, Ray Parrish

 

[John John (MVP)]

XP Pro or XP Home? Sounds like the machine has been locked down a bit
with Group Policies.

John

 

[Ray Parrish]

Windows XP Home, I am the administrator and there is no group policy
editor in Home.

I wonder if this is related to the other problem I have where no drives
show in My Computer? I haven't been able to find anyone to solve that
problem.

Later, Ray Parrish

 

[John John (MVP)]

These may be helpful:

http://www.j79zlr.com/gphome.php
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...2f-da15-438d-8e48-45915cd2bc14&displaylang=en

Do you have TweakUi on your machine? If yes, you may have changed
settings with it. If you don't have TweakUi removing the NoDrives
Reg_Dword in the registry should allow you to see the hidden drives,
find the rest of the information in these search results:

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt...y+computer"+nodrives&y=Search&fr=sfp&ei=UTF-8

John

 

[Ray Parrish]

I have TweakUI, and I've used it to make sure the drives aren't hidden
but it still does no good, the drives won't show in My Computer.

Later, Ray Parrish

 

[John John (MVP)]

And you have looked for and removed NoDrives values in the registry?

John

 

[Ray Parrish]

Yes, I have... and I've install Group Policy Editor and used it to set
the Hide drives in My Computer to disabled. Nothing works!

 

[John John (MVP)]

I don't have any other suggestions. Maybe someone else has other ideas.

John

 

[Elmo]

Yes, I have... and I've install Group Policy Editor and used it to set
the Hide drives in My Computer to disabled. Nothing works!

Maybe this Start Menu fix.. it mentions restoring, but might reset
permissions that will allow the display of "My Computer":

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Line 117. Restore Taskbar and Start Menu

Also, this registry edit removes My Computer and it could be used to
reinstate My Computer.

216. (r-h column) Remove My Computer from Desktop/Start Menu

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum]
"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000001

Change the DWORD to 00000000 to disable.

I haven't tried this myself, but it should work.

 

[Ray Parrish]

Hello,

I don't know if anyone is still monitoring this thread, but the problem
has finally been fixed.

The solution was to set the setting the opposite of what I wanted it to
be and then set it back to show My Computer on the menu. After a reboot
My Computer is once more on the menu.

Thanks for all the help.

Later, Ray Parrish