Subject: Odd Start Menu problem

[sukael]

So, at a first glance, the Start Menu seems to work perfectly fine. I
can open it, open submenus, drag-and-drop things, use right-click menus
on things...

The problem. Left-clicking. Absolutely nothing in my Start Menu will
actually -launch- when I left click on it... though it works if I right
click and select Open. Any ideas as to what might be going on?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

So, at a first glance, the Start Menu seems to work perfectly fine. I
can open it, open submenus, drag-and-drop things, use right-click menus
on things...

The problem. Left-clicking. Absolutely nothing in my Start Menu will
actually -launch- when I left click on it... though it works if I right
click and select Open. Any ideas as to what might be going on?

This is usually caused by inappropriate NTFS permissions: The
account you use does not have the necessary rights to launch
the shortcut or the underlying application.

 

[sukael]

This is usually caused by inappropriate NTFS permissions: The

account you use does not have the necessary rights to launch
the shortcut or the underlying application.

Huh. Now that's just weird, since I'm running an administrator
account...

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Huh. Now that's just weird, since I'm running an administrator
account...

Check your permissions!

 

[sukael]

Check your permissions!

That'll be a bit hard, given that this laptop is running XP Home. >o<

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

That'll be a bit hard, given that this laptop is running XP Home. >o<

No, it is not.
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type these commands:
cacls "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu" > c:\test.txt {Enter}
notepad c:\test.txt {Enter{

 

[Rock]

That'll be a bit hard, given that this laptop is running XP Home. >o<

Or boot into safe mode.

 

[sukael]

Hmm. I've checked the permissions, and things seem to be normal
there... however, I've noticed that shortcuts in general aren't
working. So it looks like this may be another problem altogether.

 

[sukael]

Ah hah! Whatever the heck was going on, the LNK file association fix
found at http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm seems to have fixed
it.