Restore Programs in Start Menu

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Argentus

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Hello.

I run Vista Home Premium.

After installing in a separate partition a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate, all my programs in my Vista Home Premium disappear from my Start Menu.

Yet, they are still in the C drive and I can access them.

How do I manage to put them all again in the start menu?

Thanks
 

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Hello Argentus.



Maybe you should concentrate on 1 issue at a time as they are probably related, though for the time being, have a look at the tutorial at the link below to see if this is the issue you are referring to here; be sure to post back to keep us informed.


How to Restore Missing Default Start Menu Shortcuts in Vista
 

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Thanks Bare Foot Kid.

I installed Vista Ultimate Eternity in a partition in my laptop, which is running Vista Home Premium. I ins After the installation, I noticed that if I chose to use Vista Home Premium as OS, all the programs were not present in the Start Menu.

However they are all in the Program Files (x86) folder.

I would like to restore the shortcuts to the start menu to access them easily.

Any ideas how to do that?

THanks!!
 

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Hello again Argentus.



What you have to do is, go to "Program Files" for each program/app you want to add an entry for and find the "Application" file that opens the prog/app and right click and select "Pin to start menu", or you could choose to put a shortcut on the desktop the same way, or both.

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    XFX ATI 1GB 4870 XXX
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    Realtek HD 7-1
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    1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI
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    1920x1080P & 1920x1200
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    Corsair 620HX
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    CM Cosmos RC-1000
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    Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
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    Razer Diamondback 3G
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    HP Enhansed Multimedia
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    18.6Mb/s
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    My First Build ;)
Excellent. I will give it a try. But how do I ensure that those programs will also show up in the ALL PROGRAMS section. Right now they are not there either?

thanks!
 

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Hello Argentus,

I am new to this forum, and facing same problem. I use Windows Vista Home. This issue was in effect from when i used a uninstaller tool for removing VS2008 from my laptop. It removed safely the complete VS from my laptop, but from that day, when ever I install a new software in my laptop, the folder representing the new software will come in start menu, but inside that folder, there will be nothing (Empty). I was supposed to see the shortcut in that folder, but they are missing, whereas the shortcuts for desktop is working good. But the default shortcuts in start menu are missing.

I tried what "Bare Foot Kid" said but cannot find the "Pin to start menu" when i rightclick the exe file in program files. Please suggest.

Thanks in advance!
 

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