Windows 7, start menu icons are gone

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All start menu items have disappeared

Somehow, i don't know why, start menu lost most of it's programs stored at "all programs". is there an easy way to restore them? After looking here

%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

and here

%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

i realized that shortcut files aren't deleted, but it seems that start menu needs to "refresh" itself... How to solve my problem?

guest86

Posted 2012-09-14T18:50:03.020

Reputation: 191

Question was closed 2012-09-14T20:19:31.677

Try typing: regsvr32 /i shell32.dll in the run box. http://www.5starsupport.com/xp-faq/1-121.htm

– user142485 – 2012-09-14T18:56:44.903

I've seen this before after some malware was installed. Update your anti-virus and do a full system scan. You might have to repair the Windows install afterwards and/or re-install the applications that have missing shortcuts. – Ed Manet – 2012-09-14T18:57:18.460

Probably you have used some thrid party program to substitute or customize the Startmenu, such as Start Menu 7 o ClassicShell or you hacked some registry such as HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders. Have a look here: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21992/show-the-classic-all-programs-menu-in-the-start-menu-in-windows-7/

– skan – 2013-10-29T19:17:10.577

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You should probably run Malware Bytes or SpyBot S&D to make sure there isn't any (malware/spyware/adware) messing with your system. A free online scan at eSet just to make sure its clean might be a good idea.

Here is the important part; Once you know the system is clean, open an elevated command prompt and run SFC /SCANNOW to run the System File Check. When it is done, reboot and see if things are back to normal.

CharlieRB

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