Hi Shawn,
Thanks for the post but unfortunately it did not make any difference.
I do believe that I may have figured out what it might be though as I now
have my icons back and the start menu is fully populated again. I did a
system restore back to the point when I knew it was fine, took some finding
though as all the links had disappeared. Anyway as it happens the last known
good point took it back to before 3 windows updates were applied - hey presto
all icons are back again. I have since re-applied the updates and everything
is good - so far.
Don't know why they would have done that but they are the only things that
had changed since it was working last - maybe they did not apply correctly or
something.
Anyways all is good for now so thanks.
Si
"sl0sh3dp3ngu1n" wrote:
> Hey Brink,
>
> Thanks for the response i'll give that a go in the morning as I've just got
> in from work.
>
> One query though, would this work for applications that have completely
> disappeared from the start menu? For example I have Adobe Photoshop
> installed. The application directory is still in the Program Files directory
> on the hard disk and if I search for the exe file I can run Photoshop with no
> problem. The issue is that the Adobe program group doesn't even appear in the
> All Programs Group on the start menu anymore. My All Programs list was one
> and a half lists, it now no longer fills the unextended space in the start
> menu.
>
> I'll give it a go though and report back.
>
> Thanks
>
> Si
>
> "Brink" wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > You might see if clicking on "lnk" in the table at the site below to
> > download and merge the reg file can help fix your problem for you. It
> > restores the default associations for shortcuts.
> >
> > http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Shawn
> >
> > sl0sh3dp3ngu1n;901576 Wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Can anyone offer a solution as to how to get my application icons back
> > > so
> > > that I can see them in the "All Programs" section.
> > >
> > > I am running Vista Ultimate 32-bit and is up to date. The problem that
> > > I
> > > have is that nearly all of the applications that I have installed on my
> > > pc,
> > > such as Office, Photoshop, various games etc... have disappeared
> > > completely
> > > and some of the folders such as "lightscribe", "Extras and Upgrades",
> > > "EveMon" that do appear on there are now showing as empty, even though
> > > the
> > > EveMon and Lightscribe applications are running as normal i.e. from
> > > startup.
> > >
> > > I haven't installed, removed, upgraded anything. Antivirus etc... is up
> > > to
> > > date and my machine is showing as clear, and I am the only one who uses
> > > it.
> > > The applications are still installed on my pc and show in "programs and
> > > features". If I navigate to the program files folder on the drive I can
> > > access the applications from there by running the exe file.
> > >
> > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I don't particularly wish to
> > > start removing and reinstalling them all.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Brink
> >
> > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> > them.*
> >
> > *and*
> >
> > *Please post feedback to help others.*
> >
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