restoring to Start "All Programs"

[Jo-Anne Naples]

I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I dragged
one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered that it's no
longer listed in All Programs. How do I put it back into the list?

Thanks much!

Jo-Anne

 

[Bruce Hagen]

I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I
dragged one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered
that it's no longer listed in All Programs. How do I put it back into the
list?

Thanks much!

Jo-Anne

Grab the shortcut you created on the Desktop and drag it to Start | All
Programs and let it go at a blank spot at the end of the program list.

Right click on it and Send To | Desktop to create the shortcut.

 

[David Webb]

Navigate to "C:\Documents and Settings". Your Desktop and the Start Menu are
actually a composite of the content in All Users and 'Your ID' folders.

You can drag and drop from either Desktop folder back to the original folder.
This time, use the right mouse button when dragging. You'll then have the option
to Copy or Move the shortcut.

 

[Lem]

I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I dragged
one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered that it's no
longer listed in All Programs. How do I put it back into the list?

Thanks much!

Jo-Anne

The same way you took it off, by drag-n-drop. It may be a bit easier to
get it into the correct spot in the list of available programs if you
first right click on the start button and "Open" (if you want the
shortcut only available to you) or "Open all users" (if you want the
shortcut available to all users). Remember that if you drag with the
right mouse button pressed, you'll get a menu that lets you decide to
move, copy, or create a shortcut. Or to copy, drag with CTRL pressed.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

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[Elmo]

I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I dragged
one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered that it's no
longer listed in All Programs. How do I put it back into the list?

Thanks much!

Jo-Anne

Press Ctrl/Z to Undo the last operation. If that doesn't do it, drag
the icon to the Start button, hover till the Start Menu opens, continue
hovering till you get where you'd like to drop it. If you drag with a
right-click, you'll have a few options, such as to create a shortcut,
move or copy.

 

[Jo-Anne Naples]

Couldn't do it this way, Bruce. Every time I opened the Start menu and then
went to the desktop shortcut to click on it, the Start menu closed. I
finally managed it after opening two Windows Explorer windows and doing it
from there (once I learned from people here where the Start menu files were
stored).

For future reference, is there a way to keep the Start menu open while doing
something else on the desktop?

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

 

[Jo-Anne Naples]

Thank you, David! That did it.

Jo-Anne

Navigate to "C:\Documents and Settings". Your Desktop and the Start Menu
are actually a composite of the content in All Users and 'Your ID'
folders.

You can drag and drop from either Desktop folder back to the original
folder. This time, use the right mouse button when dragging. You'll then
have the option to Copy or Move the shortcut.

 

[Jo-Anne Naples]

Thank you, Lem! I didn't get it at first, so did the longer routine of
opening two Windows Explorer windows and moving the shortcut from one to the
other. Now I finally understand about right-clicking the Start button and
Open. It would have been easier to find what I wanted that way. I'll keep
this info in a file.

Jo-Anne

 

[Jo-Anne Naples]

Thank you, Joe! I did it another way after reading earlier responses, but
I'm going to save your instructions for the next time I screw up.

Jo-Anne

 

[Bill in Co.]

OR you can do the Cut and Paste method, which I prefer (I don't have to be
as careful with the mouse, since there is no dragging).

 

[Jo-Anne Naples]

Hi, Bill,

Yes, of course! Don't know why I didn't think of it, since I do it regularly
with documents.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

 

[Bill in Co.]

I rarely use the mouse drag method, since when I have (at least on a few
occasions), I either let up too soon (or not soon enough) on the mouse, and
it ends up in the wrong place. And after thinking about it some more, I
feel life is too short to put up with this aggravation (however occasional
it is), hence, I choose the cut and paste method!

 

[David Webb]

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback...I'm sure that goes for the other
contributors as well.

You may want to use the Send To function for any future transfers of this
nature. To do this, simply right-click on any shortcut in the Start Menu listing
and select Send To > Desktop. This will copy the item to your Desktop, leaving
the original in place.

You may also be interested in a freeware utility that adds enhancements to this
Send To function. It's called Send To Toys v2.5.

Get it here:
http://www.gabrieleponti.com/software/