Right-click in Start menu disabled

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ncSkeet

Until very recently, I could go into "All Programs" in the Start menu,
right-click somewhere, and then left-click on "Sort by name" to arrange
the program icons in alphabetical order. Now for some reason, nothing at
all happens when I right click on any part of the Start menu. I have no
idea what my have happened, or what I could have done, to cause this to
happen. Any suggestions as to how I may be able to restore this
function? (I'm using XP Home, SP2).

Thanks...ncSkeet
 
If your right click menu is missing.....

XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and Check: Enable dragging and dropping |
OK | OK

[[Specifies whether you can drag items to the Start
menu.]] Also disables right click menu if UNChecked.
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If XP Pro...

You can use the Group Policy editor (Gpedit.msc) under the following
location to configure Start menu features:
User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
The registry entries are DWORD values. A value of 1 is enabled, and a value
of 0 is disabled.

Policy: Disable drag-and-drop menus on the Start Menu
Description: Prevents users from modifying the Start menu by dragging and
dropping items. Other methods of customizing the Start menu are still
enabled.
Registry Value: "NoChangeStartMenu"


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Wesley said:
If your right click menu is missing.....
XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and Check: Enable dragging and dropping |
OK | OK
Click to expand...

That did the trick...many thanks. I wouldn't have known to check that
when I first noticed the missing right-click menu. I must have unchecked
it by mistake somehow.

Thanks again..ncSkeet
 
You bet, ncSkeet. Keep having fun. :-)

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