How to put Microsoft Update icon in Start Menu

I recently installed Microsoft Update in my XP Sp2 system. My understanding
is -- it would install its icon in the Start Menu. It didn't. Is there are
way to have the icon appear in the Start Menu.

Right-clicking on Start>Properties>Start Menu tab>Customize>Advanced tab
does not show how to include Microsoft Update in the Start Menu items.

Leon

Start> Properties> Start Menu tab> Customize > Add
and type in: wupdmgr.exe
Then, Next > Start Menu

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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"Leongee" wrote:

| I recently installed Microsoft Update in my XP Sp2 system. My understanding
| is -- it would install its icon in the Start Menu. It didn't. Is there are
| way to have the icon appear in the Start Menu.
|
| Right-clicking on Start>Properties>Start Menu tab>Customize>Advanced tab
| does not show how to include Microsoft Update in the Start Menu items.
|
| Leon

Leongee,

Can you access Microsoft Update ? Was the system rebooted after the
install of the MU files ?
Try registering these files by going to Start, Run, and typing in

regsvr32 muweb.dll
Click OK ( note the space between the 2 and the m )

regsvr32 mucltui.dll
Click OK

The link on the Start Menu should contain this Path as it's Target
( Right click it if it's listed, then choose Properties to view the
Target ) :

C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\muweb.dll,LaunchMUSite

If after you've registered the .dll files successfully the link still
does not appear you can create a link by :
1) Right clicking the Start Menu button
2) Choose Properties
3) Click the Customize button
4) Click the Add button
5) Copy & Paste the above Path into the "Type the location of the item"
window
6) Click the Next button
7) For " Select a floder to place the shortcut in ", click on the Start
Menu folder
8) For " Type a name for this shortcut: " type in Microsoft Update.
9) Click Finish

If muweb.dll does not exist on the system then registering it will fail
and the above shortcut will be invalid.

HTH,
MowGreen [MVP 2004-2005]
===============
*343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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Leongee wrote:
> I recently installed Microsoft Update in my XP Sp2 system. My understanding
> is -- it would install its icon in the Start Menu. It didn't. Is there are
> way to have the icon appear in the Start Menu.
>
> Right-clicking on Start>Properties>Start Menu tab>Customize>Advanced tab
> does not show how to include Microsoft Update in the Start Menu items.
>
> Leon
>
>

"MowGreen [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...


> If after you've registered the .dll files successfully the link still does
> not appear you can create a link by :
> 1) Right clicking the Start Menu button
> 2) Choose Properties
> 3) Click the Customize button
> 4) Click the Add button
> 5) Copy & Paste the above Path into the "Type the location of the item"
> window
> 6) Click the Next button
> 7) For " Select a floder to place the shortcut in ", click on the Start
> Menu folder
> 8) For " Type a name for this shortcut: " type in Microsoft Update.
> 9) Click Finish
>
> If muweb.dll does not exist on the system then registering it will fail
> and the above shortcut will be invalid.
>
> HTH,
> MowGreen [MVP 2004-2005]
> ===============
> *343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============

Thanks. I did as you instructed, and everything work fine up #4. It appears
"Add" only appears if in Classic Start Menu mode, not in the XP mode. In the
Classic mode, I added its path, but MU does not appear in the Start Menu in
Start Menu XP mode.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Start> Properties> Start Menu tab> Customize > Add
> and type in: wupdmgr.exe
> Then, Next > Start Menu
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
> Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...xp/choose.mspx
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
Should it be in the Clasice Start Menu mode to order to Add. In the XP mode
there is no "Add."

LeonGee

I can confirm that MU will *not* appear on the Start Menu in
XP mode. Only suggested workaround is to use the Classic Menu.

MowGreen [MVP 2004-2005]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Leongee wrote:

> "MowGreen [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>
>
>>If after you've registered the .dll files successfully the link still does
>>not appear you can create a link by :
>>1) Right clicking the Start Menu button
>>2) Choose Properties
>>3) Click the Customize button
>>4) Click the Add button
>>5) Copy & Paste the above Path into the "Type the location of the item"
>>window
>>6) Click the Next button
>>7) For " Select a floder to place the shortcut in ", click on the Start
>>Menu folder
>>8) For " Type a name for this shortcut: " type in Microsoft Update.
>>9) Click Finish
>>
>>If muweb.dll does not exist on the system then registering it will fail
>>and the above shortcut will be invalid.
>>
>>HTH,
>>MowGreen [MVP 2004-2005]
>>===============
>> *343-* FDNY
>>Never Forgotten
>>===============
>
>
> Thanks. I did as you instructed, and everything work fine up #4. It appears
> "Add" only appears if in Classic Start Menu mode, not in the XP mode. In the
> Classic mode, I added its path, but MU does not appear in the Start Menu in
> Start Menu XP mode.
>
>

OK, after playing around with XP Mode, MU *should* be listed if you
point the cursor to Start, All Programs ...
Is it listed on your system ?

MowGreen [MVP 2004-2005]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============

Leongee wrote:

> "MowGreen [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>
>
>>If after you've registered the .dll files successfully the link still does
>>not appear you can create a link by :
>>1) Right clicking the Start Menu button
>>2) Choose Properties
>>3) Click the Customize button
>>4) Click the Add button
>>5) Copy & Paste the above Path into the "Type the location of the item"
>>window
>>6) Click the Next button
>>7) For " Select a floder to place the shortcut in ", click on the Start
>>Menu folder
>>8) For " Type a name for this shortcut: " type in Microsoft Update.
>>9) Click Finish
>>
>>If muweb.dll does not exist on the system then registering it will fail
>>and the above shortcut will be invalid.
>>
>>HTH,
>>MowGreen [MVP 2004-2005]
>>===============
>> *343-* FDNY
>>Never Forgotten
>>===============
>
>
> Thanks. I did as you instructed, and everything work fine up #4. It appears
> "Add" only appears if in Classic Start Menu mode, not in the XP mode. In the
> Classic mode, I added its path, but MU does not appear in the Start Menu in
> Start Menu XP mode.
>
>