Start Menu

[Guest]

At first my programs would launch from the Vista Start Menu, no problem.
Now, however, some of them won't launch. Clicking on them simply closes the
start dialog. I can move them to the quick launch bar and they start
properly, but I would like to have them work otherwise. Anyone know what can
be done to correct the problem?

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Could you specify the programs that are not launching, it could be specific
to those particular applications.

 

[Guest]

No, it's not. Office 2007 Word is one. ABBYY Sprint FineReader is another.
Access is a third, and Nero 7.5.7 is another. No rhyme or reason.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Try reinstalling them to see if they fix the problem. Avoid installing them
in the order you did originally.

 

[Guest]

Rass,

By any chance are you using third party software that is open source code?
If so, easily that could be the source for the conflicts you are experiencing.

As Andre suggested, remove all non-Microsoft applications the perform a scan
disk and then defragment the HDD before ever considering re-installing the
third party stuff. Vista does not like not-certified applications.

Might consider experimenting with using the "Program Compatibilty" feature
within Vista.

 

[michail iakovou yos]

Avoid installing them in the order you did originally.

lol......

I cant believe what I am reading in this newsgroup

 

[John Barnes]

Are you talking about ones pinned to the start menu or in the recently used
section.
If you have one that works from quick launch, what happens if you drag and
drop it back on the start menu. Delete the one on the start menu first.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Instead of critiquing, why don't you add some value by making a suggestion
what the OP should do? Sometimes the order in which you install apps can
affect other apps. Maybe the installer from one app affected the other.

 

[Guest]

I'm using the programs from the recently used section as well as the pinned
section. Doesn't seem to make a difference. When they quit responding, they
all quit.

As to the other posts: I removed and reinstalled my applications.
Microsoft Office 2007 final release. They work from the sections just fine
for about 3 days then quit. That's the reason for my plea for help from
someone who might know what is stopping the "shortcut" in the recently used
and pinned sections from working. I can take the shortcut from either
section and drag and drop it to the quick launch bar and it works. Dragging
it back doesn't make it work.

There has to be something in Vista that won't allow the shortcut to work
after a few uses.

I am using Windows Vista Enterprise edition. I am affiliated with a
University as an instructor, and all faculty must now be using this OS.
There is nothing on my computer now except for Windows Vista final release
for educational institutions, and the final release for MS Office 2007.

Same problem. If I knew how to get to Microsoft development on Vista
directly, and thought I could actually communicate with them, I would do so.
Your forum is my only resource. By the way, there are 13 other faculty
members who are experiencing the same problem, not just myself.

 

[michail iakovou yos]

I disagree with the format of the new start menu of vista in the first
place.

I suggest the OP should switch to the classic menu and see if it works
there,
then post back.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

That defeats the purpose, the new Start menu is just as convenient as the
old XP Start menu panel plus the new features that come with the Vista such
as a cleaner designer, faster access to programs and files through built in
search.

 

[michail iakovou yos]

That defeats the purpose, the new Start menu is just as convenient as the

old XP Start menu panel plus the new features that come with the Vista
such as a cleaner designer, faster access to programs and files through
built in search.

lol......

I cant believe what I am reading in this newsgroup

 

[Guest]

Rass,

By any chance are you using third party software that is open source code?
If so, easily that could be the source for the conflicts you are experiencing.

As Andre suggested, remove all non-Microsoft applications the perform a scan
disk and then defragment the HDD before ever considering re-installing the
third party stuff. Vista does not like not-certified applications.

I was having trouble with the release version of the NVidia video driver, so
I went out on a limb and used the NVidia beta released on 1.31.2007. It is
not certified and works much better than the certified version.

Why not simply acknowledge that this is a new OS, and that there are bound
to be some quirks that need to be resolved? Good solutions should not
involve having to do a scan-disk, defrag, or a re-install. Further it should
not matter what order individual programs are installed, just imagine the
headache that would be if you purchase new software, but that software needs
to be installed before even half of the programs you've already installed.

-- Ken

 

[Richard Urban]

I was having trouble with the release version of the NVidia video driver,
so
I went out on a limb and used the NVidia beta released on 1.31.2007. It
is
not certified and works much better than the certified version.

Why not simply acknowledge that this is a new OS, and that there are bound
to be some quirks that need to be resolved? Good solutions should not
involve having to do a scan-disk, defrag, or a re-install. Further it
should
not matter what order individual programs are installed, just imagine the
headache that would be if you purchase new software, but that software
needs
to be installed before even half of the programs you've already installed.

-- Ken

Ken,

I ran into a problem 5-6 years ago with Microsoft Office dying. After many
months of trouble shooting, and countless roll backs to an image I had saved
using Ghost, I was able to determine that it was caused by installing WinFax
Pro 10.02 ***AFTER*** Microsoft Office 2000 was installed. If I installed
Winfax first everything was OK.

Now, you say this should not make a difference - but in the real world, it
does. There is always going to be a poorly written program that is going to
kill other programs or prevent the operating system from performing as it
should. You will have to learn to deal with this fact. Sometimes results are
not pretty.


--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem, also using office 2007.
No shortcut working in startmenu.
Posted 2 times my problem, getting no response...

 

[gigodemon]

Hi,

The problem with broken shortcuts. I see solution on this forum but
can't finde it right now.

Also you may try use Vista Start Menu program -
http://www.vistastartmenu.com