Michael
April 26th 03, 10:23 PM
You might try doing a system restore to a point before you
played with your pc :)
>-----Original Message-----
>All of a sudden, all of the programs that are on my
>computer are no longer listed when I click on the START
>icon at the lower left hand corner of the screen, then
>click-on ALL PROGRAMS. Although the programs still are
>on my hard drive ... the 'long list' of programs, windows-
>accessories, games, etc. are no longer listed on the ALL
>PROGRAMS. How do I get the list back. I MAY have
>screwed it up by doing one of these two things (if this
>helps you diagnose the problem): #1. I was playing with
>the hide/show attributes for files, when I clicked OK, it
>took about 4 minutes and went through the entire drive.
>#2. The programs are on an external/USB hard drive that I
>move between 2 different CPU, while it was on another CPU
>I ran a windows download (critical updates) and that
>process caused the reda/write light on the external drive
>to blink throughout the process. WIndows-XP is resident
>on the interal C-Drive of both CPU's.
>
>Any advice would be much appreciated. THANKS
>.
>
played with your pc :)
>-----Original Message-----
>All of a sudden, all of the programs that are on my
>computer are no longer listed when I click on the START
>icon at the lower left hand corner of the screen, then
>click-on ALL PROGRAMS. Although the programs still are
>on my hard drive ... the 'long list' of programs, windows-
>accessories, games, etc. are no longer listed on the ALL
>PROGRAMS. How do I get the list back. I MAY have
>screwed it up by doing one of these two things (if this
>helps you diagnose the problem): #1. I was playing with
>the hide/show attributes for files, when I clicked OK, it
>took about 4 minutes and went through the entire drive.
>#2. The programs are on an external/USB hard drive that I
>move between 2 different CPU, while it was on another CPU
>I ran a windows download (critical updates) and that
>process caused the reda/write light on the external drive
>to blink throughout the process. WIndows-XP is resident
>on the interal C-Drive of both CPU's.
>
>Any advice would be much appreciated. THANKS
>.
>