Start menu history shortcuts wont work.

[Guest]

Hi
New to group so apologies if this has been asked before.

Some of the recently used programs wont run from the LH pane of the start
menu, only from the all programs list. Trivia but annoying. Programs that
wont run from there include all the Office 2000 apps and Google earth.

Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks in advance
kev

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi kev,

See "Method 2" here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm


--
Regards,

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


Hi
New to group so apologies if this has been asked before.

Some of the recently used programs wont run from the LH pane of the start
menu, only from the all programs list. Trivia but annoying. Programs that
wont run from there include all the Office 2000 apps and Google earth.

Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks in advance
kev

 

[Guest]

Thanks for that.
Ive tracked it down to a Steganos shell extn. With this disabled my start
menu works fine. What to do next I dont know or do I leavee it disabled
Kev

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Kev,

Excellent! You may leave it disabled. Or if you need that context menu action, you may want to contact the software manufacturer to know if an update is available.

--
Regards,

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


Thanks for that.
Ive tracked it down to a Steganos shell extn. With this disabled my start
menu works fine. What to do next I dont know or do I leavee it disabled
Kev

 

[Guest]

If you have ATI Tray tools installed (ver 1.3.6.1042 in my case) try
uninstalling it. The menu should be back to normal immediately - even without
restarting PC (well that is how it worked in my case)

Kev,

Excellent! You may leave it disabled. Or if you need that context menu action, you may want to contact the software manufacturer to know if an update is available.

--
Regards,

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


Thanks for that.
Ive tracked it down to a Steganos shell extn. With this disabled my start
menu works fine. What to do next I dont know or do I leavee it disabled
Kev

Hi kev,

See "Method 2" here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm


--
Regards,

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


Hi
New to group so apologies if this has been asked before.

Some of the recently used programs wont run from the LH pane of the start
menu, only from the all programs list. Trivia but annoying. Programs that
wont run from there include all the Office 2000 apps and Google earth.

Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks in advance
kev

 

[Guest]

Meant to post reply to this question.

If you have ATI Tray tools installed (ver 1.3.6.1042 in my case) try
uninstalling it. The menu should be back to normal immediately - even without
restarting PC (well that is how it worked in my case)