Jake
December 5th 03, 01:49 AM
>-----Original Message-----
>I don't know what happened but by daughter was using my
>computer and
>called for help. When I came to see, Internet Explorer
>would not
>work. My list of the the Programs in
>the "Start" "Programs" menu were
>gone. It just said "empty". I managed to get Internet
>Explorer
>reinstalled by editing my regedit and re-installing
it.
>I've been to
>Microsoft knowledge base but cannot find anything on how
>to re-install
>the program list. Anyone know of a way to fix this? I
>have a HP
>Laptop and don't have the install disk for XP. I would
>think there is
>a way to edit the registry to load the links for
installed
>programs.
>
>Thanks for your time,
>Pete
>
>.
>Double click each major icon (program) on your desktop
and the menu list will automatically fill in again up to
the limit you set. To set or check your limit of icons
in your Start Menu, do this: rightclick Taskbar/select
properties/Startmenu tab/customize/Programs/up or down
the number (10 is the best).
>I don't know what happened but by daughter was using my
>computer and
>called for help. When I came to see, Internet Explorer
>would not
>work. My list of the the Programs in
>the "Start" "Programs" menu were
>gone. It just said "empty". I managed to get Internet
>Explorer
>reinstalled by editing my regedit and re-installing
it.
>I've been to
>Microsoft knowledge base but cannot find anything on how
>to re-install
>the program list. Anyone know of a way to fix this? I
>have a HP
>Laptop and don't have the install disk for XP. I would
>think there is
>a way to edit the registry to load the links for
installed
>programs.
>
>Thanks for your time,
>Pete
>
>.
>Double click each major icon (program) on your desktop
and the menu list will automatically fill in again up to
the limit you set. To set or check your limit of icons
in your Start Menu, do this: rightclick Taskbar/select
properties/Startmenu tab/customize/Programs/up or down
the number (10 is the best).