Office start menu shortcuts don't work

A minor problem but an annoying one...

When I first got my Vista PC, I installed Office 2000 on it, but about a
week later I removed it and installed 2003. Now, the shortcuts on the all
programs part of the start menu work, but the shortcuts that appear on the
start menu as 'most used programs' do not work. I assume that for some
reason they are looking for Office 2000. When you click on them, nothing
happens, no error messages, but the Office program doesn't open.

Is there any way I can fix this? I am used to using the most used programs
shortcuts and it's very annoying to have to navigate the start menu 20 a day
when I didn't used to have to.

Right clicking on the shortcut and choosing 'remove from this list' and
waiting for the item to reappear does not fix the problem.

Right click on the correct shortcut in the start menu and select pin to
start menu.
Paul
"Kieron Capehorn" <kcapehornR'E'M^O,V+> wrote in message
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>A minor problem but an annoying one...
>
> When I first got my Vista PC, I installed Office 2000 on it, but about a
> week later I removed it and installed 2003. Now, the shortcuts on the all
> programs part of the start menu work, but the shortcuts that appear on the
> start menu as 'most used programs' do not work. I assume that for some
> reason they are looking for Office 2000. When you click on them, nothing
> happens, no error messages, but the Office program doesn't open.
>
> Is there any way I can fix this? I am used to using the most used
> programs shortcuts and it's very annoying to have to navigate the start
> menu 20 a day when I didn't used to have to.
>
> Right clicking on the shortcut and choosing 'remove from this list' and
> waiting for the item to reappear does not fix the problem.

"Kieron Capehorn" <kcapehornR'E'M^O,V+> wrote in message
news:...
>A minor problem but an annoying one...
>
> When I first got my Vista PC, I installed Office 2000 on it, but about a
> week later I removed it and installed 2003. Now, the shortcuts on the all
> programs part of the start menu work, but the shortcuts that appear on the
> start menu as 'most used programs' do not work. I assume that for some
> reason they are looking for Office 2000. When you click on them, nothing
> happens, no error messages, but the Office program doesn't open.
>
> Is there any way I can fix this? I am used to using the most used
> programs shortcuts and it's very annoying to have to navigate the start
> menu 20 a day when I didn't used to have to.
>
> Right clicking on the shortcut and choosing 'remove from this list' and
> waiting for the item to reappear does not fix the problem.


In addition to the other answer.
For programs you access frequently...right click and select Add to Quick
Launch.
If you add many...you may have to unLock the taskbar and stretch that area
to make them all visible.
But if you keep your Taskbar visible...all of those programs are a single
click away

Good idea... but it didn't work. The new shortcut is also a dud. Which is
strange because, as I said, the ordinary shortcut does work.

"PaulB" <> wrote in message
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> Right click on the correct shortcut in the start menu and select pin to
> start menu.
> Paul
> "Kieron Capehorn" <kcapehornR'E'M^O,V+> wrote in message
> news:...
>>A minor problem but an annoying one...
>>
>> When I first got my Vista PC, I installed Office 2000 on it, but about a
>> week later I removed it and installed 2003. Now, the shortcuts on the
>> all programs part of the start menu work, but the shortcuts that appear
>> on the start menu as 'most used programs' do not work. I assume that for
>> some reason they are looking for Office 2000. When you click on them,
>> nothing happens, no error messages, but the Office program doesn't open.
>>
>> Is there any way I can fix this? I am used to using the most used
>> programs shortcuts and it's very annoying to have to navigate the start
>> menu 20 a day when I didn't used to have to.
>>
>> Right clicking on the shortcut and choosing 'remove from this list' and
>> waiting for the item to reappear does not fix the problem.
>

I appreciate the answer but I would really like to stick to the start menu.
I use the task bar already and I also use the Address bar, so sticking all
my Office icons down there too would leave almost no room for switching
between open programs


"B. Smith" <> wrote in message news:ghk9d3$109$...
> "Kieron Capehorn" <kcapehornR'E'M^O,V+> wrote in message
> news:...
>>A minor problem but an annoying one...
>>
>> When I first got my Vista PC, I installed Office 2000 on it, but about a
>> week later I removed it and installed 2003. Now, the shortcuts on the
>> all programs part of the start menu work, but the shortcuts that appear
>> on the start menu as 'most used programs' do not work. I assume that for
>> some reason they are looking for Office 2000. When you click on them,
>> nothing happens, no error messages, but the Office program doesn't open.
>>
>> Is there any way I can fix this? I am used to using the most used
>> programs shortcuts and it's very annoying to have to navigate the start
>> menu 20 a day when I didn't used to have to.
>>
>> Right clicking on the shortcut and choosing 'remove from this list' and
>> waiting for the item to reappear does not fix the problem.
>
>
> In addition to the other answer.
> For programs you access frequently...right click and select Add to Quick
> Launch.
> If you add many...you may have to unLock the taskbar and stretch that area
> to make them all visible.
> But if you keep your Taskbar visible...all of those programs are a single
> click away

Not sure what you mean by "most used"...
If you mean the bottom part of the left side of the Start Menu (Recent
Programs), you can delete the dead shortcuts, by right-clicking on them and
selecting "Remove from this list".

You can also drag shortcuts to the pinned area (top part of the left side)
of the Start Menu. These shortcuts will stay there.


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"Kieron Capehorn" <kcapehornR'E'M^O,V+> wrote in message
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> I appreciate the answer but I would really like to stick to the start
> menu. I use the task bar already and I also use the Address bar, so
> sticking all my Office icons down there too would leave almost no room for
> switching between open programs
>
>
> "B. Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:ghk9d3$109$...
>> "Kieron Capehorn" <kcapehornR'E'M^O,V+> wrote in
>> message news:...
>>>A minor problem but an annoying one...
>>>
>>> When I first got my Vista PC, I installed Office 2000 on it, but about a
>>> week later I removed it and installed 2003. Now, the shortcuts on the
>>> all programs part of the start menu work, but the shortcuts that appear
>>> on the start menu as 'most used programs' do not work. I assume that
>>> for some reason they are looking for Office 2000. When you click on
>>> them, nothing happens, no error messages, but the Office program doesn't
>>> open.
>>>
>>> Is there any way I can fix this? I am used to using the most used
>>> programs shortcuts and it's very annoying to have to navigate the start
>>> menu 20 a day when I didn't used to have to.
>>>
>>> Right clicking on the shortcut and choosing 'remove from this list' and
>>> waiting for the item to reappear does not fix the problem.
>>
>>
>> In addition to the other answer.
>> For programs you access frequently...right click and select Add to Quick
>> Launch.
>> If you add many...you may have to unLock the taskbar and stretch that
>> area to make them all visible.
>> But if you keep your Taskbar visible...all of those programs are a single
>> click away
>

Yes, the problem is any shortcut I made wouldn't work

I've managed to find a solution now anyway.


"Dave" <> wrote in message
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> Not sure what you mean by "most used"...
> If you mean the bottom part of the left side of the Start Menu (Recent
> Programs), you can delete the dead shortcuts, by right-clicking on them
> and selecting "Remove from this list".
>
> You can also drag shortcuts to the pinned area (top part of the left side)
> of the Start Menu. These shortcuts will stay there.
>
>
> --
> Vista Home Premium 32 SP2 beta
> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
> http://download.live.com/wlmail
>
>
> "Kieron Capehorn" <kcapehornR'E'M^O,V+> wrote in message
> news:O#...
>> I appreciate the answer but I would really like to stick to the start
>> menu. I use the task bar already and I also use the Address bar, so
>> sticking all my Office icons down there too would leave almost no room
>> for switching between open programs
>>
>>
>> "B. Smith" <> wrote in message
>> news:ghk9d3$109$...
>>> "Kieron Capehorn" <kcapehornR'E'M^O,V+> wrote in
>>> message news:...
>>>>A minor problem but an annoying one...
>>>>
>>>> When I first got my Vista PC, I installed Office 2000 on it, but about
>>>> a week later I removed it and installed 2003. Now, the shortcuts on
>>>> the all programs part of the start menu work, but the shortcuts that
>>>> appear on the start menu as 'most used programs' do not work. I assume
>>>> that for some reason they are looking for Office 2000. When you click
>>>> on them, nothing happens, no error messages, but the Office program
>>>> doesn't open.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way I can fix this? I am used to using the most used
>>>> programs shortcuts and it's very annoying to have to navigate the start
>>>> menu 20 a day when I didn't used to have to.
>>>>
>>>> Right clicking on the shortcut and choosing 'remove from this list' and
>>>> waiting for the item to reappear does not fix the problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> In addition to the other answer.
>>> For programs you access frequently...right click and select Add to Quick
>>> Launch.
>>> If you add many...you may have to unLock the taskbar and stretch that
>>> area to make them all visible.
>>> But if you keep your Taskbar visible...all of those programs are a
>>> single click away
>>

"Kieron Capehorn" <kcapehornR'E'M^O,V+> wrote in message
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> Yes, the problem is any shortcut I made wouldn't work
>
> I've managed to find a solution now anyway.
>

Which was??

Giving details of the solution will help others watching the thread who have
the same problem.

)

Simple really, I found Excel.exe in Program Files, made a shortcut to it and
dragged it onto the start menu.

I just can't work out why Vista can't do something as simple as make a
shortcut on the start menu on it's own. It really is a shocking OS


"Spikey" <.> wrote in message news:...
>
> "Kieron Capehorn" <kcapehornR'E'M^O,V+> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Yes, the problem is any shortcut I made wouldn't work
>>
>> I've managed to find a solution now anyway.
>>
>
> Which was??
>
> Giving details of the solution will help others watching the thread who
> have the same problem.
>
> )