Got it. Thanks Rick,

Jerry



"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> On the users folders, the first (USERS) is a template created by the pc
> maker for all new user accounts. The latter is your actual user profile
> (click start/run, type %userprofile% and click ok, it should open to your
> folder). To have icons appear, they need to be in either:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Jerry\Start menu\Programs
> or
> C:\Documents and Settings\AllUsers\Start menu\Programs
>
> The latter houses shortcuts and settings that apply (can you guess?) to
> ALL USER accounts.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Newsgroups" <jerrysgerber@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>>I am encountering a problem when I go to the START button and click on it
>>to a program folder, where I right click on that folder to open up a
>>grouping of shortcuts to programs. When I place a new shortcut icon in
>>that window and close it, the shortcut doesn't show up in the start menu
>>programs as I expect, as it did in Windows 98SE.
>>
>> A related problem seems to be my not being clear on the difference
>> between the DOCUMENTS & SETTINGS/USER folder and the DOCUMENTS &
>> SETTINGS/JERRY (my name) folder. The first problem seems connected in
>> some way to the first.
>>
>> Any help as to how Windows handles these mundane tasks would be much
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>
>