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Control Panel does not open anymore from Start Menu
ronaldcar...@adelphia.net ronaldcar...@adelphia.net microsoft public windowsxp general Recently, "Adam Cimand" <adam.cim...@intervalintl.com> created this masterpiece for the newsgroup archives: The START/ALL PROGRAMS menu does not open when clicked or hovered over by the mouse. If I switch the to the classic START

Start menu Window Update shortcut will not open V5 Windows Update
I'm not sure what I've done, installed something or deleted something, but now when I open the windows start button and highlight My Computer and try to right click to open and bring down the window showing open, explore, search, manage map network drive, disconnect network drive, show on desktop,

Problem: Certain files/applications will not open ("File Does ...
In *rare* cases, I believe, the tray icon might be a simple Shortcut to open a program, but that is not normal, and it's not what the tray was designed for. Shortcuts that open programs belong on the Desktop, or in your Start Menu. If a shortcut is in the Startup folder, it gets launched at the end of the Windows

Help troubleshooting a problem
Do you get the option to open it? If you do open it, do you see your normal start menu entries (other than the first few entries (help, shutdown, find, etc.) You could also try the system file checker and see if it finds any damaged files. You should use caution if you have installed new programs and have not used

Explorer will not open
He opens word from the start menu and the word logo flashes across the screen then immediately minimizes to the task bar. Word remains this way and will not maximize or restore. Task manager shows that Word is running and the processor resources are 0%. I have not seen this error before, please advise. Thanks jk.

I can not open all my programs in C drive from desktop or start
... quick launch, desktop icon, programs folder via start menu, in the program files folder and favorites via the start menu). what happens when an icon is clicked to open ie6: if user does get an ie6 window to appear, the ie6 program does not open for 3 or 4 minutes while the hourglass appears off and on,

.doc won't open in Word97
Once that's done then just drag the Favorites shortcut to the Start Button. "halls" <ha...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B3F9D682-09E6-4581-B46B-9353B1695FF0@microsoft.com... was looking for help on this,, favorite places will not open by useing the start menu, but will open from internet

My Help file is missing.
Open Folder Options and navigate to Editing action for type: URL: Hypertext Transfer Protocol 6. In the box labeled Application used to perform action (Alt-L) FWIW I start Folder Options using my Start menu (Win,s,f) (I'm using Windows NT + WDU.) OLEXP: Internet Shortcuts in Outlook Express Do Not Start Web

Control Panel does not open anymore from Start Menu
If you do not have another NT workstation, another possible simple test is this: On the SBS, logged in as the administrator, right click on the start menu, then choose 'Explore' (not Explore all Users). If it does not open, you are not the SBS admininstrator. Otherwise, when the menu opens, it will show you the

Start Menu Question
Depending on the version of Word you are using you may be able to determine whether or not you have global templates/add-ins and where they are located by going to I am running Word 2000 & Windows 98 SE When I try to open Word from either the start menu or from a Word document located on the desktop,

Publisher will not open
If I click on the shortcut for Windows Update in the start menu all I get is a blank page with no error message. I thought the wupdmgr.exe was corrupted so I replaced it and it still does not work. If I put V5. in front of the windowsupdate.microsoft.com it will work. For some reason it will not redirect to the new

cannot open file %systemroot%\help
Apparently Access2000 will not open/run my Access97 MDE file, nor will it convert it to Access2000 as it is not supplied as an MDB file. Nor for some reason will it setup the start menu item in the Start - Programs as instructed by the setup.exe / setup wizard. I don't want clients converting my distributed

Office 2007 programs will not open from Vista Start menu
However, if there was a problem with the first installation, the program may not uninstall completely. You will need to manually edit the Registry to remove the Right-click the Start menu, then select Open. 2. Double-click the PROGRAMS folder. 3. Double-click on the Startup folder. 4. Right-click on the Trusted

27 TIPS for WINDOWS XP
The filename quoted in the error messages is correct and exists so I know its not a drive or path problem. Anyone else had this problem? TXT files normally will open in NOTEPAD and only be send to WORDPAD if they are too large. Also run WORDPAD via the Start Menu and try to open the file from here.

can't open ie6 and/or unable to view ANY web page
Word in Office 2000 Pro SR-1 will not open. The banner comes up twice and goes away twice. I get no error messages. This happened since I opened a Word document I emailed myself from work I tried launching Word from the Start menu, from the Office folder, and from the shortcut icon on the toolbar, to no avail.

All Programs Menu does not open when clicked or hovered over ...
sofomar sofo...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp basics Please help me solving my problem! When I try to open all my programs from desktop short cut or from start menu I get error messages similar to these: windows cannot find 'C:\windows\...\....exe\' windows can not find 'C:\program files\.

Start Menu - How do I re-attach a folder to the Start Button
Paul Bles b...@SPAM-AWAY-casema.net comp windows misc Hi all, I have a problem (Win98): I know it must be possible to right-click the Start-button, select Open and then add or remove entries. When I do that both "OPEN" and "EXPLORE" are greyed out, so I can not use them. Of course I can get in the START-folder in

IE4 Features
Now go to the Start Menu and under Settings, open Control Panel. Double-click INTERNET OPTIONS and click on the SECURITY tab. Click on the RESTRICTED SITES icon (red circle with a minus sign). The slider on the left should be set to HIGH, if not, set it there. Now click the CUSTOM LEVEL... button.

Can not open office products from icon or start menu
For example have you tried the Office Shortcut Bar, icon on your Desktop, the Start menu? Additionally, go to Start/Programs/Search and search for Winword.exe and When I try to open Word (Office 97)I get the message "This application must be installed to run. Please run setup from the location you originally

can not open start menu or my computer
Tom Ogilvy twogi...@email.msn.com microsoft public excel misc Try reregistering excel. go to the start menu in windows, then run type in the path to Excel.exe If I start Excel (Office 97) a blank spreadsheet opens and there is no error. If I open any preexisting spreadsheet I get the following error.