How old is your computer hardware. Sometimes wonky behaviour is due to
'hard drive fatigue', which is often fixed with [shudder] a low-level
format; or the motherboard itself could be showing signs of old age.
Robert Weaver wrote:
> I can't think what you did, but if 'Control Panel' is still accessible, go
> to 'system' then 'system restore'.
> Bob Weaver
>
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of E B Lund
> Sent: 10 July 2007 14:15
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> Subject: [PCSOFT] Where did all my programs go-at least the icons?
>
> I have been doing some tweaking of my system, etc., but nothing I would even
>
> consider would cause this problem. I am running XP with classic start menu.
> When I hit Start, some of the icons for programs that were there before are
> gone. Even more puzzling is that when I do Start/Programs, still more icons
> are missing. "Accessories" is totally gone, along with Notepad, calculator,
> et al, although games remain. Microsoft Office is MIA, although it is still
> in the list of programs that pops up when I hit start.
>
> Only time will tell which other program icons have disappeared, but surely
> there are a lot. About the only thing I can think of that I did related to
> the start button was to drag the "my computer" icon to the start menu to
> make it easier to access via the start button.
>
> What did I do, and more importantly, how do I fix?
>
> William Closure
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