Word program not listed on All Programs menu

[Guest]

In trying to put an icon for MS Word on my desktop I dragged the icon from the All Programs menu on the Start button to the desktop. It worked -- I can click the icon on the desktop for a shortcut to Word. (I now know that that was the wrong way to create a shortcut) The problem is that the Word program is no longer on the All Programs menu. Outlook and Excel are there, but no Word. I want to put shortcuts to Word on the desktops of the other users, but I'm stymied by the fact that Word is not displayed on the All Programs bar. If I go the the folders on the C drive and drill down to the Winword icon I can open Word when I am logged in. But, when I do the same thing under other user buttons, when I click on the Winword icon, a new window opens up saying that it is preparing to install MS Office and I should insert the cd. Any ideas about what I should do? Thanks

 

[Jim Macklin]

When you dragged the program to the desktop you moved the
entry. Drag it back or try system restore.

To put a shortcut on the desktop, why not use the Office
Toolbar?


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| In trying to put an icon for MS Word on my desktop I
dragged the icon from the All Programs menu on the Start
button to the desktop. It worked -- I can click the icon on
the desktop for a shortcut to Word. (I now know that that
was the wrong way to create a shortcut) The problem is
that the Word program is no longer on the All Programs menu.
Outlook and Excel are there, but no Word. I want to put
shortcuts to Word on the desktops of the other users, but
I'm stymied by the fact that Word is not displayed on the
All Programs bar. If I go the the folders on the C drive and
drill down to the Winword icon I can open Word when I am
logged in. But, when I do the same thing under other user
buttons, when I click on the Winword icon, a new window
opens up saying that it is preparing to install MS Office
and I should insert the cd. Any ideas about what I should
do? Thanks

 

[Amy]

No help here - just another question. I did the exact
same thing, but I failed to get the shortcut on my
desktop - so now the only way I can open up Word is to go
into an existing Word document and click new - if you
find out how to re-establish the icon, please post it.
Also, I noticed you said you see only Excel and Outlook
in your Programs - do you know if Power Point was
included in the Office package or not? I thought it was
but I can't find it. Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
In trying to put an icon for MS Word on my desktop I

dragged the icon from the All Programs menu on the Start
button to the desktop. It worked -- I can click the icon
on the desktop for a shortcut to Word. (I now know that
that was the wrong way to create a shortcut) The
problem is that the Word program is no longer on the All
Programs menu. Outlook and Excel are there, but no Word.
I want to put shortcuts to Word on the desktops of the
other users, but I'm stymied by the fact that Word is not
displayed on the All Programs bar. If I go the the
folders on the C drive and drill down to the Winword icon
I can open Word when I am logged in. But, when I do the
same thing under other user buttons, when I click on the
Winword icon, a new window opens up saying that it is
preparing to install MS Office and I should insert the
cd. Any ideas about what I should do? Thanks

 

[Guest]

Thanks Jim, It doesn't work to drag it back because, when I bring up the Start menu, then move the cursor over to the Word icon, the Start menu disappears (as it should) as soon as I move the cursor off (Drat!). I think that there is a bigger problem here, since Word won't open, even through My Computer, from the other User's desktops, even though it opens fine from my desktop. I'm new to XP -- do I understand it right that, when I install a program, that it's available to all users -- that the All Programs menu should be the same for all users

Next time I want to make a shortcut I won't drag it from the All Programs menu. I have found other methods. Thanks for the tip.

 

[dev]

Brambory said:

Thanks Jim, It doesn't work to drag it back because, when I bring
up the Start menu, then move the cursor over to the Word icon, the
Start menu disappears (as it should) as soon as I move the cursor off
(Drat!).

You tried dragging to the START *button*. Pause for a moment, and the
Start menu may appear. Always try a right-click drag first, which can
help prevent errors - because it gives you choices prior to completing the
action.

 

[David Candy]

In Word, Help menu - Detect & Repair and tick Restore Icons. If you drag back to start you will configure your own part of the menu not All Users part. You can r/c Start and choose Open All Users.

You should have held the control key down while dragging or dragged with the right mouse button and choose Copy.

Shift + Drag
Move a file (default when dragging on the same drive)

Ctrl + Drag
Copies a file (default for dragging between drives)

Ctrl + Shift + Drag
Creates a Shortcut rather than moving or copying a file (default when dragging only program files - in XP Alt + Drag does same thing - also sometime since 95/NT4 it was changed so it only defaults for this for programs called Setup.exe and Install.exe)

 

[David Candy]

Different programs are included in different editions of Office (Professional, Developers, Small Business, etc).

See the office site. MS use their own tools to make their web sites so it doesn't work.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the detailed responses. I will try the ideas as soon as I get home tonite.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Open Windows Explorer and drag it back in an Explorer
window, just right click the start menu and select explore.


message
| Thanks Jim, It doesn't work to drag it back because,
when I bring up the Start menu, then move the cursor over to
the Word icon, the Start menu disappears (as it should) as
soon as I move the cursor off (Drat!). I think that there
is a bigger problem here, since Word won't open, even
through My Computer, from the other User's desktops, even
though it opens fine from my desktop. I'm new to XP -- do
I understand it right that, when I install a program, that
it's available to all users -- that the All Programs menu
should be the same for all users?
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| Next time I want to make a shortcut I won't drag it from
the All Programs menu. I have found other methods. Thanks
for the tip.

 

[Alex Nichol]

In trying to put an icon for MS Word on my desktop I dragged the icon from the All Programs menu on the Start button to the desktop. It worked -- I can click the icon on the desktop for a shortcut to Word. (I now know that that was the wrong way to create a shortcut) The problem is that the Word program is no longer on the All Programs menu. Outlook and Excel are there, but no Word.

Drag it back again. Use a *right* drag and take Copy here. That will
leave it still on the desktop

Another way to make your desktop shortcut is by finding the winword.exe
in the Office folder and right drag it out to the desktop, taking
'create shortcut here'. Then r-click and Rename to taste. That leaves
you more flexibility in any subsequent mods you may want than does the
one Office setup makes in the Start Menu

 

[Alex Nichol]

In trying to put an icon for MS Word on my desktop I dragged the icon from the All Programs menu on the Start button to the desktop. It worked -- I can click the icon on the desktop for a shortcut to Word. (I now know that that was the wrong way to create a shortcut) The problem is that the Word program is no longer on the All Programs menu. Outlook and Excel are there, but no Word.

Drag it back again. Use a *right* drag and take Copy here. That will
leave it still on the desktop

Another way to make your desktop shortcut is by finding the winword.exe
in the Office folder and right drag it out to the desktop, taking
'create shortcut here'. Then r-click and Rename to taste. That leaves
you more flexibility in any subsequent mods you may want than does the
one Office setup makes in the Start Menu