No listing of programs & no Explorer.

T

The Old Fart

I don't know what has happened with my PC but when I click on Start
there are no programs listed under programs or if I right click to get
explorer to open nothing at all happens. I know that the programs are
all still on my machine since there hasn't been one program that I can't
open from other places. For instance all shortcuts on desktop, task bar
or those listed immediately above the start button will open the
selected application. I can't open programs through Explorer because I
can't open Explorer. I can get to the same location by using 'My
Computer' & finding the exe files & these applications will start as well.

How do I fix things back so that everything works normally?
 
O

oztrailrider

The said:
I don't know what has happened with my PC but when I click on Start
there are no programs listed under programs or if I right click to get

explorer to open nothing at all happens. I know that the programs are

all still on my machine since there hasn't been one program that I
can't
open from other places. For instance all shortcuts on desktop, task
bar
or those listed immediately above the start button will open the
selected application. I can't open programs through Explorer because I

can't open Explorer. I can get to the same location by using 'My
Computer' & finding the exe files & these applications will start as
well.

How do I fix things back so that everything works normally?

Check this page: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/AllPrograms.htm

If this looks like the problem you are having then run the command
listed in the guide (regsvr32 /i shell32.dll) as an administrator.
There may be some registry editing involved if that doesn't fix the
problem though.
 

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