Start Menu Programs Gone

Srt252 · 09-21-2009, 05:00 PM

So earlier my computer ran a chkdsk (it prompts me to do this everytime it reboots, and usually when i let it run it freezes halfway through, so now i just try and cancel it, but sometimes im too slow) and unlike all the other times, it started messing with a whole bunch of files today, doing stuff i havent seen it do before. then i log in, and my program list in the start menu is almost completely empty, as well as my recent program list. The programs are still there, they werent deleted. They are also still in the start menu folder, but they do not appear in the program list anymore. Please help :)

derek_jones_36 · 09-21-2009, 05:11 PM

I had something similar happen with my start menu when I hooked up a new DVI Cable. I was getting two screen and I guess rebooting and restarting and all the cold starts messed with my system and I ended up doing a system restore which didn't work. Go into your "msconfig" in the search bar and try a normal boot if you don't already have that checked off and see what happens.

Jones

james137 · 09-21-2009, 05:25 PM

1 sec there might be some program on the internet that might restore all of them.... or you could go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and copy and paste that to.... oh wait....NVM 1 sec me do that research

derek_jones_36 · 09-21-2009, 05:28 PM

***...??????......LOL.......Oh Yeah Research....gotcha....

Jones

james137 · 09-21-2009, 05:28 PM

read http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-...html#post22274 i think that might help

james137 · 09-21-2009, 05:29 PM

or http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...c-a7309f66b76b

Srt252 · 09-21-2009, 05:33 PM

well thanks everyone, i figured at this point in my technical experience that problems that could just be fixed by rebooting were behind me. guess not :) - yeah the restart fixed everything, cant believe i had "reformat" ahead of "reboot" on my mental list of fixes.

derek_jones_36 · 09-21-2009, 05:38 PM

So what was it that fixed the problem??? Did the normal boot do it?

Jones

Srt252 · 09-21-2009, 09:21 PM

yep normal boot worked.

**jenae** · 09-22-2009, 12:11 AM

Hi, you said in your initial post that chkdsk will run on every reboot is this still the case? If so you have problems that are soon to surface OR did resetting Msconfig to "Normal boot" also stop the chkdsk?

09-21-2009, 05:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Srt252 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Houston Posts: 10 OS: Windows Vista 64-bit	Start Menu Programs Gone So earlier my computer ran a chkdsk (it prompts me to do this everytime it reboots, and usually when i let it run it freezes halfway through, so now i just try and cancel it, but sometimes im too slow) and unlike all the other times, it started messing with a whole bunch of files today, doing stuff i havent seen it do before. then i log in, and my program list in the start menu is almost completely empty, as well as my recent program list. The programs are still there, they werent deleted. They are also still in the start menu folder, but they do not appear in the program list anymore. Please help :)

09-21-2009, 05:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
derek_jones_36 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 475 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP2 My System	Re: Start Menu Programs Gone I had something similar happen with my start menu when I hooked up a new DVI Cable. I was getting two screen and I guess rebooting and restarting and all the cold starts messed with my system and I ended up doing a system restore which didn't work. Go into your "msconfig" in the search bar and try a normal boot if you don't already have that checked off and see what happens. Jones __________________ "Look at it this way...If Everyone Lived Forever, where would you Park?"

09-21-2009, 05:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
james137 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: new zealand, auckland Posts: 278 OS: xp SP2, windows 7 SP1	Re: Start Menu Programs Gone 1 sec there might be some program on the internet that might restore all of them.... or you could go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and copy and paste that to.... oh wait....NVM 1 sec me do that research

09-21-2009, 05:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
derek_jones_36 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 475 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP2 My System	Re: Start Menu Programs Gone ***...??????......LOL.......Oh Yeah Research....gotcha.... Jones __________________ "Look at it this way...If Everyone Lived Forever, where would you Park?"

09-21-2009, 05:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
james137 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: new zealand, auckland Posts: 278 OS: xp SP2, windows 7 SP1	Re: Start Menu Programs Gone read http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-...html#post22274 i think that might help

09-21-2009, 05:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
james137 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: new zealand, auckland Posts: 278 OS: xp SP2, windows 7 SP1	Re: Start Menu Programs Gone or http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...c-a7309f66b76b

09-21-2009, 05:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
Srt252 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Houston Posts: 10 OS: Windows Vista 64-bit	Re: Start Menu Programs Gone well thanks everyone, i figured at this point in my technical experience that problems that could just be fixed by rebooting were behind me. guess not :) - yeah the restart fixed everything, cant believe i had "reformat" ahead of "reboot" on my mental list of fixes.

09-21-2009, 05:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
derek_jones_36 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 475 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP2 My System	Re: Start Menu Programs Gone So what was it that fixed the problem??? Did the normal boot do it? Jones __________________ "Look at it this way...If Everyone Lived Forever, where would you Park?"

09-21-2009, 09:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
Srt252 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Houston Posts: 10 OS: Windows Vista 64-bit	Re: Start Menu Programs Gone yep normal boot worked.

09-22-2009, 12:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
jenae Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,304 OS: XP & Vista	Re: Start Menu Programs Gone Hi, you said in your initial post that chkdsk will run on every reboot is this still the case? If so you have problems that are soon to surface OR did resetting Msconfig to "Normal boot" also stop the chkdsk? __________________