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Hi
I'm not sure what happened yesterday when I was working on some pictures but
the Pictures link in the Start menu is no longer working. Clicking it
produces no result and right-clicking and selecting Properties shows no
information at all, no file type, 0 for size, etc.
I also checked the Customize Start Menu in the Control Panel and Pictures is
no longer listed.
My Pictures icon, however, has not actually disappeared in the Windows
Explorer view, the icon is still displayed under Rebekka in the panel on the
left hand side and I can show its content by clicking as usual.
I then ran a search for "Pictures" and the icon and it's shortcut are listed
pointing to [my name] (C:\Users\) and Links (C:\Users\[my name]) as they
should - I double-checked by doing the same search for Music and compared the
results.
Incidentally, the unavailability of the Pictures icon in the start menu also
means I can't change the picture for my user account (unless I select one of
the pictures already displayed). In Choose a new picture for your account,
nothing happens when I click Browse for more pictures.
Can anyone tell me what has gone wrong and how I can get this Start menu
item back to normal.
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Right click the task bar and select properties, then select Start
menu/customize.
Scroll down to pictures and make sure Dispkay as link is checked.
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Paul
"Rebekka" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hi
>
> I'm not sure what happened yesterday when I was working on some pictures but
> the Pictures link in the Start menu is no longer working. Clicking it
> produces no result and right-clicking and selecting Properties shows no
> information at all, no file type, 0 for size, etc.
>
> I also checked the Customize Start Menu in the Control Panel and Pictures is
> no longer listed.
>
> My Pictures icon, however, has not actually disappeared in the Windows
> Explorer view, the icon is still displayed under Rebekka in the panel on the
> left hand side and I can show its content by clicking as usual.
>
> I then ran a search for "Pictures" and the icon and it's shortcut are listed
> pointing to [my name] (C:\Users\) and Links (C:\Users\[my name]) as they
> should - I double-checked by doing the same search for Music and compared the
> results.
>
> Incidentally, the unavailability of the Pictures icon in the start menu also
> means I can't change the picture for my user account (unless I select one of
> the pictures already displayed). In Choose a new picture for your account,
> nothing happens when I click Browse for more pictures.
>
> Can anyone tell me what has gone wrong and how I can get this Start menu
> item back to normal.
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Sorry I missread your post. Possibly doing a System restore to before this
happed
might solve your problem.
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Paul
"Rebekka" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hi
>
> I'm not sure what happened yesterday when I was working on some pictures but
> the Pictures link in the Start menu is no longer working. Clicking it
> produces no result and right-clicking and selecting Properties shows no
> information at all, no file type, 0 for size, etc.
>
> I also checked the Customize Start Menu in the Control Panel and Pictures is
> no longer listed.
>
> My Pictures icon, however, has not actually disappeared in the Windows
> Explorer view, the icon is still displayed under Rebekka in the panel on the
> left hand side and I can show its content by clicking as usual.
>
> I then ran a search for "Pictures" and the icon and it's shortcut are listed
> pointing to [my name] (C:\Users\) and Links (C:\Users\[my name]) as they
> should - I double-checked by doing the same search for Music and compared the
> results.
>
> Incidentally, the unavailability of the Pictures icon in the start menu also
> means I can't change the picture for my user account (unless I select one of
> the pictures already displayed). In Choose a new picture for your account,
> nothing happens when I click Browse for more pictures.
>
> Can anyone tell me what has gone wrong and how I can get this Start menu
> item back to normal.
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I was hoping to avoid a system restore as I wasn't happy with the available
restore points. And now, it's been a couple of days as well but if there are
no other solutions I guess that's what I'll have to do.
"PaulB" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Sorry I missread your post. Possibly doing a System restore to before this
> happed
> might solve your problem.
> --
> Paul
>
>
> "Rebekka" wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm not sure what happened yesterday when I was working on some pictures but
> > the Pictures link in the Start menu is no longer working. Clicking it
> > produces no result and right-clicking and selecting Properties shows no
> > information at all, no file type, 0 for size, etc.
> >
> > I also checked the Customize Start Menu in the Control Panel and Pictures is
> > no longer listed.
> >
> > My Pictures icon, however, has not actually disappeared in the Windows
> > Explorer view, the icon is still displayed under Rebekka in the panel on the
> > left hand side and I can show its content by clicking as usual.
> >
> > I then ran a search for "Pictures" and the icon and it's shortcut are listed
> > pointing to [my name] (C:\Users\) and Links (C:\Users\[my name]) as they
> > should - I double-checked by doing the same search for Music and compared the
> > results.
> >
> > Incidentally, the unavailability of the Pictures icon in the start menu also
> > means I can't change the picture for my user account (unless I select one of
> > the pictures already displayed). In Choose a new picture for your account,
> > nothing happens when I click Browse for more pictures.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what has gone wrong and how I can get this Start menu
> > item back to normal.
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The Pictures folder may be pointing to a non-existent path. Try the fix here, Rebekka.
Nothing happens when you click on a shell folder link in the Windows Vista Start menu:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/180/1/
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
"Rebekka" <Rebekka[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:ABBAA53D-F8FB-44D6-B02E-D26A8BFBC24F[ at ]microsoft.com...
I was hoping to avoid a system restore as I wasn't happy with the available
restore points. And now, it's been a couple of days as well but if there are
no other solutions I guess that's what I'll have to do.
"PaulB" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Sorry I missread your post. Possibly doing a System restore to before this
> happed
> might solve your problem.
> --
> Paul
>
>
> "Rebekka" wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm not sure what happened yesterday when I was working on some pictures but
> > the Pictures link in the Start menu is no longer working. Clicking it
> > produces no result and right-clicking and selecting Properties shows no
> > information at all, no file type, 0 for size, etc.
> >
> > I also checked the Customize Start Menu in the Control Panel and Pictures is
> > no longer listed.
> >
> > My Pictures icon, however, has not actually disappeared in the Windows
> > Explorer view, the icon is still displayed under Rebekka in the panel on the
> > left hand side and I can show its content by clicking as usual.
> >
> > I then ran a search for "Pictures" and the icon and it's shortcut are listed
> > pointing to [my name] (C:\Users\) and Links (C:\Users\[my name]) as they
> > should - I double-checked by doing the same search for Music and compared the
> > results.
> >
> > Incidentally, the unavailability of the Pictures icon in the start menu also
> > means I can't change the picture for my user account (unless I select one of
> > the pictures already displayed). In Choose a new picture for your account,
> > nothing happens when I click Browse for more pictures.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what has gone wrong and how I can get this Start menu
> > item back to normal.
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