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After five years using Windows 98 I have just upgraded to XP and find the
Start Menu mystifying! Sometimes shortcuts seem to go missing from my
programs list and I have just found out why.
In the Documents and Settings directory I see three Users, called 'All
Users', 'Default User' and 'John'. Each has a subdirectory called 'Start
Menu'. When I click the 'Start' button I tend to get the 'John' files but I
think it sometimes shows me 'All Users' instead.
Furthermore, when I install a new program it adds a new shortcut to the
Start Menu BUT I can not predict whether it will add it to 'All Users' or
'John'. That is why my shortcuts sometimes go missing - they are on the
wrong Start Menu! And if a shortcut appears under 'All Users' it does NOT
appear under 'John', despite the title.
(What's more, there is a folder on my Start Menu directory called
'Application Data' which appears in Explorer but not on the Start Menu
itself - that's OK because the folder has the 'hidden' attribute set, so I
can figure that out.)
Am I doing something wrong? Or is it just another Microsoft annoyance? And
what can I change to bring my computer under my control?
John
After five years using Windows 98 I have just upgraded to XP and find the
Start Menu mystifying! Sometimes shortcuts seem to go missing from my
programs list and I have just found out why.
In the Documents and Settings directory I see three Users, called 'All
Users', 'Default User' and 'John'. Each has a subdirectory called 'Start
Menu'. When I click the 'Start' button I tend to get the 'John' files but I
think it sometimes shows me 'All Users' instead.
Furthermore, when I install a new program it adds a new shortcut to the
Start Menu BUT I can not predict whether it will add it to 'All Users' or
'John'. That is why my shortcuts sometimes go missing - they are on the
wrong Start Menu! And if a shortcut appears under 'All Users' it does NOT
appear under 'John', despite the title.
(What's more, there is a folder on my Start Menu directory called
'Application Data' which appears in Explorer but not on the Start Menu
itself - that's OK because the folder has the 'hidden' attribute set, so I
can figure that out.)
Am I doing something wrong? Or is it just another Microsoft annoyance? And
what can I change to bring my computer under my control?
John