Restoring program name to program listing

[NonTechie]

On my new computer with Windows XP Professional, I was setting up short-cut
icons on the Desktop by clicking and dragging from the program list under
Start, All Programs, Microsoft Office. I got the icons, but the names of the
programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) are no longer on the listing.
They disappeared. How do I get them back?

 

[Brian A.]

On my new computer with Windows XP Professional, I was setting up
short-cut icons on the Desktop by clicking and dragging from the program
list under Start, All Programs, Microsoft Office. I got the icons, but
the names of the programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) are no
longer on the listing. They disappeared. How do I get them back?

It appears you dragged the shortcuts from Programs > MS Office using the
Left mouse button and not the Right mouse button, since it wasn't mention
how you dragged/dropped it's a stab in the dark.

When you drag/drop using the Left mouse button it moves the object to the
point of release. Using the Right mouse button pops up a menu to select
whether to move or copy the object or cancel the procedure when the button
is released. To replace them in Programs > MS Office drag/drop them back
via Start > Programs > MS Office using the Right mouse button. Of course if
your mouse buttons are configured differently you would need to use the
proper button for the procedure.


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[NonTechie]

Whoops. Another problem. There are two users on the computer. Your advise
worked perfectly for me, but for the other user, when right clicking Start >
Programs, there was no MS Office folder to drag icons to. I don't know what
happened to it. How do I restore it?

 

[NonTechie]

Thanks, Brian. That worked. As a programmer once told me, "the right click is
your friend."

 

[Brian A.]

Whoops. Another problem. There are two users on the computer. Your advise
worked perfectly for me, but for the other user, when right clicking
Start > Programs, there was no MS Office folder to drag icons to. I don't
know what happened to it. How do I restore it?

Open Explorer and expand tree to:
MyComputer > C: > Documents and Settings > Your user name folder > Start
Menu > Programs.
In the Right pane click once on the Microsoft Office folder to highlite it.
Press ctrl+c to copy the folder to the clipboard.
Expand the "Other user name folder > Start Menu > Programs".
In the Right pane click once on an empty area.
Press ctrl+v to paste the contents of the clipboard.

Or expand both Users to the appropriate folders and drag/drop the
Microsoft Office folder from/to the appropriate folder.

Or by doing either of the procedures above, you could place the Microsoft
Office folder in the "All Users folder > Start Menu > Programs folder" which
makes it available to all users.

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Brian A. Sesko
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[NonTechie]

Thank you, Brian.

Open Explorer and expand tree to:
MyComputer > C: > Documents and Settings > Your user name folder > Start
Menu > Programs.
In the Right pane click once on the Microsoft Office folder to highlite it.
Press ctrl+c to copy the folder to the clipboard.
Expand the "Other user name folder > Start Menu > Programs".
In the Right pane click once on an empty area.
Press ctrl+v to paste the contents of the clipboard.

Or expand both Users to the appropriate folders and drag/drop the
Microsoft Office folder from/to the appropriate folder.

Or by doing either of the procedures above, you could place the Microsoft
Office folder in the "All Users folder > Start Menu > Programs folder" which
makes it available to all users.

--

Brian A. Sesko
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Brian A.]

Thank you, Brian.

You're quite welcome 2 times.

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Brian A. Sesko
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375