The Start Menu icon is a file folder which contains shortcuts. The
generic folder icon works. Just like to have the program specific icon
back, which  for some reason metamorphosed into generic icon.

Demetri Kolokotronis

On Fri, 01 Sep 2000 20:08:36 -0400 Bill Cohane <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>
> Anyway...
>
> Does the shortcut with generic icon work? Usually when the icon
> for a shortcut changes to a generic icon, it's because the shortcut
> points to the wrong location. (The original executable program might
> have been moved or deleted...or of course the address in the
> shortcut
> could have become corrupted.)
>
> As to the missing shortcut tab, all the files that you see in
> "Exploring - Start Menu" don't have to be shortcuts. Is it possible
> that you have an actual executable file in there (not a shortcut)?
> Such a file wouldn't have a shortcut tab when you view its
> properties.
> Maybe you could move this file elsewhere, create a shortcut for it,
> and put the shortcut in the Start Menu folder. Then it would have a
> shortcut tab with a change icon button.
>
> Regards,
> Bill

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