Something wrong with my Start menu

[Ayush]

First i noticed that there is a folder named "n" [without quotes] in
DOcuments and settings. I tried to delete it but window said this is a
system folder and cant be deleted. So that means window made that folder and
using it for something. Now, the main problem, the things available in Start
menu > All programs are only those that are in "Documents and settings\All
Users". The things that are in "Documents and settings\Ayush" are not there.
I am using the Ayush account but there is nothing in Start menu that is in
my profile folder. Why ? Please help.

But my settings are all there, like pinned items and which folders are
listed and how they are listed in Start menu and wallpaper, desktop icons.

I dont know when this started. I cant use System Restore because i deleted
the restore points today.

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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Ayush,

Inspect (and fix, if necessary) the shell folder paths for your profile.

Refer to the table here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
First i noticed that there is a folder named "n" [without quotes] in
DOcuments and settings. I tried to delete it but window said this is a
system folder and cant be deleted. So that means window made that folder and
using it for something. Now, the main problem, the things available in Start
menu > All programs are only those that are in "Documents and settings\All
Users". The things that are in "Documents and settings\Ayush" are not there.
I am using the Ayush account but there is nothing in Start menu that is in
my profile folder. Why ? Please help.

But my settings are all there, like pinned items and which folders are
listed and how they are listed in Start menu and wallpaper, desktop icons.

I dont know when this started. I cant use System Restore because i deleted
the restore points today.

--

 

[Ayush]

Many,many thanks. I have Tweakui but i did not notice that this can be a
case of special folders paths being incorrect. I went to Tweak Ui and there
was this:
Programs : C:\documents and settings\n\Programs
Start Menu : C:\documents and settings\n
Startup : C:\documents and settings\n\Startup

These entries were wrong. But one thing is still killing me that how this
happened ?
One more question :
Is that site yours ?

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Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

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: Ayush,
:
: Inspect (and fix, if necessary) the shell folder paths for your profile.
:
: Refer to the table here:
: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm
:
: --
: Regards,
:
: Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
: Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
:
:
: "Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
: : First i noticed that there is a folder named "n" [without quotes] in
: DOcuments and settings. I tried to delete it but window said this is a
: system folder and cant be deleted. So that means window made that folder
and
: using it for something. Now, the main problem, the things available in
Start
: menu > All programs are only those that are in "Documents and
settings\All
: Users". The things that are in "Documents and settings\Ayush" are not
there.
: I am using the Ayush account but there is nothing in Start menu that is
in
: my profile folder. Why ? Please help.
:
: But my settings are all there, like pinned items and which folders are
: listed and how they are listed in Start menu and wallpaper, desktop
icons.
:
: I dont know when this started. I cant use System Restore because i
deleted
: the restore points today.
:
: --
: > Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
:
:
:
:
:

 

[Ayush]

One more thing. I opened regedit and there is a subkey in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Explorer \ User Shell Folders \
The name of the subkey is New and in that, there are two name=data pair
that are :

NAME TYPE DATA
(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
Desktop REG_SZ C:\Documents and settings\n

What is this ? What should i do ?


--

Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

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: Ayush,
:
: Inspect (and fix, if necessary) the shell folder paths for your profile.
:
: Refer to the table here:
: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm
:
: --
: Regards,
:
: Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
: Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
:
:
: "Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
: : First i noticed that there is a folder named "n" [without quotes] in
: DOcuments and settings. I tried to delete it but window said this is a
: system folder and cant be deleted. So that means window made that folder
and
: using it for something. Now, the main problem, the things available in
Start
: menu > All programs are only those that are in "Documents and
settings\All
: Users". The things that are in "Documents and settings\Ayush" are not
there.
: I am using the Ayush account but there is nothing in Start menu that is
in
: my profile folder. Why ? Please help.
:
: But my settings are all there, like pinned items and which folders are
: listed and how they are listed in Start menu and wallpaper, desktop
icons.
:
: I dont know when this started. I cant use System Restore because i
deleted
: the restore points today.
:
: --
: > Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
:
:
:
:
:

 

[Joe Wright]

One more thing. I opened regedit and there is a subkey in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Explorer \ User Shell Folders \
The name of the subkey is New and in that, there are two name=data pair
that are :

NAME TYPE DATA
(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
Desktop REG_SZ C:\Documents and settings\n

What is this ? What should i do ?

All I have is the (Default) Data line.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome, Ayush.

Yup.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
Many,many thanks. I have Tweakui but i did not notice that this can be a
case of special folders paths being incorrect. I went to Tweak Ui and there
was this:
Programs : C:\documents and settings\n\Programs
Start Menu : C:\documents and settings\n
Startup : C:\documents and settings\n\Startup

These entries were wrong. But one thing is still killing me that how this
happened ?
One more question :
Is that site yours ?

--

Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

What is this ? What should i do ?

That value does not exist in my systems. Deleting it should not cause any
harm.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
One more thing. I opened regedit and there is a subkey in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Explorer \ User Shell Folders \
The name of the subkey is New and in that, there are two name=data pair
that are :

NAME TYPE DATA
(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
Desktop REG_SZ C:\Documents and settings\n

What is this ? What should i do ?


--

Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org