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Dear friends,

By mistake I deleted a lot of links from the windows startup directory.
(C:\Windows\..\startup..)

Result - My start menu which otherwise showed a host of applications is
reduced to just a couple of choices. It also deleted MS Office, some windows
default dub menus too.

Is there any program in XP which will scan my 2 hdd's totaling to over 80GB
of data and recreate all the links I deleted.

Your response will be greatly appreciated.

JK
 
jklist said:
Dear friends,

By mistake I deleted a lot of links from the windows startup directory.
(C:\Windows\..\startup..)

Result - My start menu which otherwise showed a host of applications is
reduced to just a couple of choices. It also deleted MS Office, some windows
default dub menus too.

Is there any program in XP which will scan my 2 hdd's totaling to over 80GB
of data and recreate all the links I deleted.

Your response will be greatly appreciated.

JK
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I recommend you restore your files from the Recycle Bin
or use System Restore.
 
Unfortunately I do not have those options. I realized the mistake after a
couple of days and by that time I had deleted and cleared my recycle bin a
lot many times. Also the system restore does not allow me to restore it more
than a week back.

Thanks for your reply but do look for more alternatives.

JK
 
This may be a moot point now, but in the future when you delete something or
empty your Recycle Bin and want to recover something from it... Stop using
the computer now. Your recovery chances are better if the file has not been
overwritten.

This is free.

Restoration Version 2.5.14 Author: Brian Kato
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html

Description
[[Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while
holding down the Shift key by mistake. Conversely, this program has another
function that makes it almost impossible to restore all deleted files. You
can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files and
so on.]]

You might want to download this with a friend's machine and save it to a
floppy. Restoration will run fine from a floppy, that's how I run it.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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jklist said:
Unfortunately I do not have those options. I realized the mistake
after a couple of days and by that time I had deleted and cleared my
recycle bin a lot many times.
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It won't help with the immediate problem, but I wanted to comment on your
saying you had cleared the recycle bin "a lot many tines" in the past couple
of days.

Why? Do you clear the recycle bin every day? The recycle bin is there to
protect you against accidentally deleting something you need. If you clear
it that often, you're throwing away the protection that it provides

I recommend keeping the protection and emptying the recycle bin seldom, but
if you don't want the protection, just turn off the use of the recycle bin.
 
Thanks and I do realize my mistake.

Is there anything I can do or will I need to buy a new copy of the OS ?

JK
 
jklist said:
Thanks and I do realize my mistake.

Is there anything I can do or will I need to buy a new copy of the OS ?

JK
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Buying a new copy of "the OS" will have 2 effects: you'll be out the
money and -- if you actually install it -- you'll be worse off than you
are now, because not only will the links to your applications be gone,
so will the applications themselves.

From your original post, it appears as if you have deleted shortcuts
("links") that were in your startup folder, and you also may have
deleted shortcuts to MS Office. If that's indeed what you did, all of
your application programs are still installed and easily usable.

Most people don't want a lot of applications in the startup directory
because it slows down the boot-up process. However, if you really want
them ...

For each application that you want to start when Windows starts, go to a
blank space on your desktop, right click, and select New > Shortcut.
Browse to the location of the program and follow the prompts. Once the
new shortcut is created, drag it into the Startup folder (start by
dragging the shortcut over the Start button).

You can do the same with MS Office applications. If you want to group
these into a "MS Office" menu with sub-menus, the simplest way to do
this is to right-click on the Start button and "Open" then double-click
on the "Programs" folder, and once you're there, use File > New > Folder
to create the main menu item and File > New > Shortcut to create the
individual shortcuts.
 
jklist said:
Thanks and I do realize my mistake.

Is there anything I can do or will I need to buy a new copy of the OS
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You said you've lost applications, including MS Office. Buying a new copy of
Windows won't help you at all. MS Office doesn't come with it. The only
applications that come with WIndows are things like IE and OE, and a coouple
of very basic apps like Notepad, Wordpad, and Paint.

If the apps are truly deleted, and you don't have the installation CDs for
them, if you want them back you'll have to buy the apps again, not the
operating system.

But are you sure the apps are gone? Perhaps you just deleted the shortcuts
to them in the Start menu. If that's the case, you can very easily put the
shortcuts back. Do a search for, for example, EXCEL.EXE. If you find it,
double-click it and see if Excel runs. If you find it and it runs, all you
deleted was a shortcut to it, and you can put it, and probably the others,
back.
 
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