Problem with Start menu

Shortcuts to Media Player and Windows Explorer are present in \Windows\Programs but Programs in Start Menu are empty.

How can I recover the program shortcuts in the Start Menu?

edit > copy the .exe to media player
Browse into the start menu location that you want to shortcut to appear
Paste as shortcut

Thank you for the reply but the suggestion does not work.

As I have said, Media Player.lnk and Windows Explorer.lnk are present in \Windows\Programs but do not appear in Programs of the Start menu.

APologies, I misunderstood what you were asking there.

Ensure that the icons aren't flagges as hidden and that the device is actually drawing the start menu from \windows\programs (try deleting something). It might be drawing from a different location.

I experiment to paste shortcut of a custom program in \Windows\Programs. Again the shortcut does not appear in Start/Programs.

I really want to hard reset my device which is a no brand name PNA but I do not know the steps. It has an on/off slide switch and a power button which merely put the device in sleep mode.

So try as I said and delete something to find out if you are in the right directory.

There are only Media Player.lnk and Windows Explorer.lnk in \Windows\Programs. Which item should I delete? I truly cannot understand how deleting either Media Player.lnk or Windows Explorer.lnk will reveal whether the device is actually drawing the start menu from \Windows\Programs.

This wouldn't be consistent with the core OS, but I wonder if the shortcuts are supposed to be in \Windows\Start Menu\Programs a la Pocket PC. Do this folder and subfolder exist on your device, gnowe?

Edited by CE Geek 2009-01-04 12:23 AM

There is no \Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder and subfolder on my device.

It's quite simple. If you start deleting shortcuts from that folder and inturn those shortcuts vanish from the start menu, then you have proven that the start menus is sourcing shortcuts actively from that folder.

The problem with that idea, C:Amie, is that gnowe has stated that there are already no shortcuts in the Start Menu.

Curious, which folders are present in the Windows folder on your device, Gnowe?

There are the following folders under \Windows :

Desktop
Favorites
Fonts
Help
Programs
Recent
Startup

Apologies, gnowe, I think I need to wear my glasses more

gnowe

What happens if you try moving the shortcuts (you mentioned) from the Programs folder to the Desktop folder?

Done as asked but problem persists.

Strange - It would appear that your no brand name PNA does not recognize the .lnk format......how else would you explain that it does not show up in the Windows Menu?


Are there any other short cuts in your Windows Program folder that show up in your Windows Menu and what format are they?

As I have said, there are only Media Player.link and Windows Explorer.lnk in \Windows\Programs. I can also confirm that I have no such problem in the past. I really don't know what I have done to cause the problem.

Sounds like one or more system files have somehow been corrupted. In that case, a hard reset is the only solution. Can you give us any identifying information about the device, so we can determine if it is one that others here are familiar with?

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for description of my device.

It sounds to me like you somehow changed the default shell paths in the registry. Did you say the shortcuts were appearing correctly when you first purchased the device? It's possible some unlock package or something you installed modified them if you don't remember doing it yourself. Grab a registry editor, navigate to HKLM\System\Explorer\Shell Folders and either edit the paths to point back to \Windows or copy the shortcuts in \Windows to the path currently configured in the registry. A reboot should not be needed.

Note: If your device were running Windows CE 4.2, this would be in HKLM\Explorer instead. Also, shell versions before 4.2 did not support modification of paths via the registry. (just thought I'd mention that)

Hope this was helpful.

Edited by TFGBD 2009-01-29 2:54 PM

Thank TFGBD for his kindness and advice.

I can only report back later because my CE5 PNA has been lent to my relative for 3 weeks use.

Thank you very much, TFGBD. You are great. I followed your advice and corrected all relevent registry entries back to windows. The windows explorer shortcut now appears in Start/Programs.

May I ask your help for solving the following problem on my another GPS running on CE5?

Call \windows\explorer.exe. Windows Explorer appears but Start Button and Taskbar flash once and then disappear. Call \windows\explorer.exe again but nothing happens. Have to Kill \windows\explorer.exe via taskmanager and call it again so that Start Button and Taskbar can stay appearing.

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