cant open start menu

[andreas clark]

i cant open the start menu and all of my deskop icons are
lost please help!!!!

[Chris Lanier]

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 195 (right column) "Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar"

Install the fix, then reboot your computer.

"andreas clark" > wrote in message
...
> i cant open the start menu and all of my deskop icons are
> lost please help!!!!

[Naresh Kumar]

If the problem persists even after this fix, then this problem could be due
to the corrupted user profile.

To solve this problem create a new user profile and then copy the user data
from your old profile to the new profile.


Create a New User Profile


1. Log on as the Administrator or as a user with administrator credentials.
2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3. Click User Accounts.
4. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Advanced.
5. In the left pane, click the Users folder.
6. On the Action menu, click New User.
7. Enter the appropriate user information, and then click Create.


Copy Files to the New User Profile


1. Log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are copying files
to or from.
2. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\Old_Username folder, where C is the
drive on which 3. Windows XP is installed, and Old_Username is the name of
the profile you want to copy user data from.
4. Press and hold down the CTRL key while you click each file and subfolder
in this folder, except the following files:

Ntuser.dat
Ntuser.dat.log
Ntuser.ini

5. On the Edit menu, click Copy.

Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\New_Username folder, where C is the
drive on which Windows XP is installed, and New_Username is the name of the
user profile that you created in the "Create a New User Profile" section.

6. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
7. Log off the computer, and then log on as the new user.

NaresH KumaR



"andreas clark" > wrote in message
...
> i cant open the start menu and all of my deskop icons are
> lost please help!!!!