Start Menu left side is blank

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New install. When I click on START, the left side of the menu is blank. I
go to properties and add Internet Explorer and Outlook, but the left side is
still blank.
Assume it to be a permissions issue.
 
Using XP?

Try: Right Click on Start>Properties>under the Start Menu tab, ensure
Start Menu is selected,

Click Customize> under "Number of programs on Start Menu" ensure it has
a number.

Tom
 
Using XP?

Try: Right Click on Start>Properties>under the Start Menu tab, ensure
Start Menu is selected,

Click Customize> under "Number of programs on Start Menu" ensure it has
a number.

Tom
Click to expand...

Actually, you need to ensure it has a number OTHER than "0" (zero).

But this has nothing to do with Internet Explorer or your email
program.

To have them appear,
1) Right-click on the Start button
2) Choose "Properties"
3) Click on "Start Menu" tab
4) Click on "Customize" button
5) Make sure "Start Menu" radio button is selected
6) Click on top "Customize" button (the other one should be "greyed
out".
7) Make sure both "Internet" and "Email" check boxes are checked
8) Choose the browser and email app you want to show on the Start Menu
9) While you're at it, in the "Programs" section just above the "Show
on Start menu" section, make sure a number other than 0 (zero) is
showing in the closed Drop-down list. If you want to clear the list
(of all but your browser and email app) at any time, click on "Clear
List" button. This will NOT clear the list of shortcuts which are
PINNED to the Start menu. To remove them, you must right-click on
each one, and choose "Unpin from Start menu".

Personally, I prefer to add those most-used programs I desire, by
"pinning" them to the Start menu.

To do this,
1) Open Start menu
2) Click on (or hover over) "All Programs"
3) Find shortcut of program you want to appear on left side of Start
menu.
4) Right-click on this shortcut.
5) Choose "Pin to Start menu".

NOTE: You CANNOT "pin" a shortcut to a folder to the Start menu, only
shortcuts to applications.

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Donald L McDaniel
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Thank you. I have performed this several times and the left side is still
blank. It works jsut fine when logged on as an Administrator, but not as a
user. The user is a local administrator. If I make the user a domain
administrator, all is well. This is why I presume it to be a permissions
issue.
 
(Top-Posting corrected)
Thank you. I have performed this several times and the left side is still
blank. It works jsut fine when logged on as an Administrator, but not as a
user. The user is a local administrator. If I make the user a domain
administrator, all is well. This is why I presume it to be a permissions
issue.
Click to expand...

Actually, this sounds like it has more to do with your Network
configuration than XP itself (you mention that making the local
administrator a domain admin apparently corrects the problem). But
then again, it may not.

All I know is that I've never had a blank Start Menu in all the time
I've been using XP (since Beta 1). Or Windows 95, or Windows 98, or
Windows Me. It has just never happened to me.

Of course, I've always used full administrator privileges for my
accounts, and have never been a member of any network domain. Perhaps
addressing this question in *.windowsxp.network_web might return a
solution faster.


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Donald L McDaniel
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