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    Start menu files are ALL DELETED!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by nizzy1115, Jan 6, 2008.

  1. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    I have never seen this before. I have just been surfing the net and chatting on aim and i hit start and typed in the program name and hit enter like i normally do to launch it in vista and it couldnt find it. so i opened up my start menu and my recently used programs were missing and in the program list under each programs folder the contents were all missing. A few minutes later, everything is gone! Sure all the programs are still on my computer in their c:/programfiles location but wtf with the start menu?

    heres a pic of the after affects...any help guys is needed fast.

    btw i disabled system restore...i dont think im going to do that anymore....
     

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    lokster Notebook Deity

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    edit. sorry i misunderstood xD my bad. ah that looks bad could be a virus
     
    lokster, Jan 6, 2008
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  3. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    I dont know if your joking or not...i posted the 2 start menu pages pictures....back takes you to the first picture, and then all programs takes you to the second...

    edit my edit quote....you changed it before i snagged it.

    I guess im going to do another reinstall tomorrow morning...maybe ill be wise and make an image of the drive this time...
     
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  4. lokster

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    try googling your problem. that sometimes helps, reinstall is alot of hassle
     
    lokster, Jan 6, 2008
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    qhn Notebook User

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    what about under safe mode?

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jan 6, 2008
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  6. Padmé

    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    Good idea. :p I've never understood why people disable that. It has saved my arse many times. Much better than a reinstall, which I have never done yet.
     
    Padmé, Jan 6, 2008
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    People do it to save space. But i'd rather be safe than sorry.
     
    Gintoki, Jan 6, 2008
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    i dont use system restore. just burned an image of all my important docs which fits 1 dvd. and ima safe user lol :D no porn. no strangers usbs. just light gaming designing and word processing and browsing :D
     
    lokster, Jan 6, 2008
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  9. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    Can't it be recreated?

    C:\Users\User Folder\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
     
    niGht kiD, Jan 7, 2008
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  10. nizzy1115

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    I already reinstalled, but i checked there first and all the shortcut links said they pointed to location that did not exist. I even tried to run programs from their program file location and they wouldn't run.
     
    nizzy1115, Jan 7, 2008
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  11. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    Out of curiosity - do you seriously use the start menu? I don't - I just hit my Winkey and type the name of the program. It's waaaaay faster for me ;). Oh I pin stuff to my start menu sometimes but that makes the start menu really tall.
     
    Amol, Jan 7, 2008
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