Suppose you've installed a new program, and for some reason the new program
doesn't appear in the Start | "All Programs" menu.

Can someone tell me how you can add a program, to the Start | "All program"
menu after-the-fact, i.e., after it's been installed?

Thanks!

On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 09:27:09 -0800, Bob Holiday wrote:


> Can someone tell me how you can add a program, to the Start | "All program"
> menu after-the-fact, i.e., after it's been installed?
>

Right click on the Start button and select explore. It will open Explorer
in the correct folder for your start menu. Now you can copy and paste
shortcuts to the start menu.

I would suggest you first find your program's startup icon which you can
copy to the desktop and then simply drag to Start and Programs menu.


Bob Holiday Wrote:
> Suppose you've installed a new program, and for some reason the new
> program
> doesn't appear in the Start | "All Programs" menu.
>
> Can someone tell me how you can add a program, to the Start | "All
> program"
> menu after-the-fact, i.e., after it's been installed?
>
> Thanks!


--
x-nervous

Bob Holiday wrote:

> Suppose you've installed a new program, and for some reason the new program
> doesn't appear in the Start | "All Programs" menu.
>
> Can someone tell me how you can add a program, to the Start | "All program"
> menu after-the-fact, i.e., after it's been installed?
>
> Thanks!

The post by Thomas tells you how to do it for your own Start Menu. If
you want it to show up for the Start menu for all users, when right
clicking the start button choose Explore All Users.


--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Or ..........
Open up the folder that contains all the program files (should bein PROGRAM
FILES) & look for the main EXE file that opens the program. (you can try it)
Right click it & select CREATE SHORTCUT & then drag that onto the start
button, wait for it to open, & then drag onto ALL PROGRAMS & then drag &
drop it in the list.
Right click on it & rename it if you want to shorten the name.

"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Bob Holiday wrote:
>
>> Suppose you've installed a new program, and for some reason the new
>> program doesn't appear in the Start | "All Programs" menu.
>>
>> Can someone tell me how you can add a program, to the Start | "All
>> program" menu after-the-fact, i.e., after it's been installed?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> The post by Thomas tells you how to do it for your own Start Menu. If you
> want it to show up for the Start menu for all users, when right clicking
> the start button choose Explore All Users.
>
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Thanks, Bruce, and everyone else--worked like a champ!

Bob

"BruceM" <bruce9950@@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Or ..........
> Open up the folder that contains all the program files (should bein
> PROGRAM FILES) & look for the main EXE file that opens the program. (you
> can try it)
> Right click it & select CREATE SHORTCUT & then drag that onto the start
> button, wait for it to open, & then drag onto ALL PROGRAMS & then drag &
> drop it in the list.
> Right click on it & rename it if you want to shorten the name.