Start Menu>All Programs>Nothing Happens...what went wrong?

[Samystic]

Hello!
Start Menu>All Programs>Nothing Happens...what went wrong?

All programs seems to be disabled...can any kind soul please help...Mr. Vista..can you?

[anandk]

sorry i am not mr vista but maybe i can try

just check if ur 'all programs' folder has been deleted by mistake...i think u will find (or not find) it in c/documents&settings/

[Samystic]

i have absolutely no problems if u r not Mr. Vista...be proud that u r Mr. anandk .... no dude that is not a 'proper' answer... there is a registry hack for that... i checked http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm for this hack long time back... cant remmbr tht hack now...tht site is pretty dense for my senses... CAN SOME KIND SOUL WITH A FRESH MIND LIKE ME PLEASE HELP????

[Vishal Gupta]

Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

And make sure that there no DWORD value exists as following:

NoStartMenuMorePrograms
NoCommonGroups

If they exist, then delete them.
Its just my guess, may be it'll work for u.

[mahendraraut]

Dear it happened due to viral infection..
i also faced this problem before 2 weeks.
go in task manager, and check if there is any unknown process is going on in ur local user name. i dont remembered that process name.
close that process. may be ur problem will solve.
if it solved then remove that proess from startup, like registry....

[Samystic]

Thanks Mahendra!
But I do not think that might be the problem!

The "All Programs" menu does not appear still, Mr. Vista...but anyway THANKS A KILO(NOT A TON BECOZ THAT DINT SOLVE MY PROBLEM )