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GP/OU Problem/Question
If I press the Windows key on the keyboard, the Start Menu appears but all is blank except the All Programs option and the options for Windows Update, I transferred RegCure to the Desktop of the ailing computer, but RegCure will not execute. When I right clicked My Computer on the Deskktop and selected Manage,

Where is Startup menu ?
Gregg Hill bo...@nowhere.com microsoft public windows terminal_services TP, That setting's explanation states that it "Removes items in the All Users profile from the Programs menu on the Start menu" if it is enabled (which it is right now). Will it also stop the All Users desktop? I will experiment tonight on a

NT Workstation in NTServer domain.
We have (10) XP TS clients that require the same TS desktop and need the capability to run (1) TS application. That TS Desktop and Start Menu (in case they delete the desktop icon for their application) needs to contain (1) icon for the TS application --we have placed that shortcut into the 'All Users' profile on

"All users" desktop and start menu?
The ability to navigate between the dock, menu bar and desktop would be quite useful, maybe using even the familiar tab key, possibly with some unused modifier. I can get to the desktop, start button, task bar, any global tool bars, system tray and the clock using tab on the desktop in Windows.

APPLE
John Jackson jjdir...@bellsouth.net microsoft public windowsxp beta general Someone said: The Desktop folder for each individual user is located in: C:\Documents and In my case, I note where all my Start menu stuff is under John Jackson, but NOT under All Users. I then notice that all my Programs are under

WshShell.SpecialFolders Problem
If you want all the users that have previously logged onto the machine and any new users that logon to have Icons for the programs, copy the shortcuts from the existing c:\documetns and settings\{user}\DESKTOP or c:\documents and settings\{user}\START MENU to the c:\documents and settings\ALL USERS\DESKTOP or START

Does Win98 support "All Users" start menu and programs?
Ivar B. Jessen //-------- err 47 CommonAdminTools 0x002F // All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Adm err 35 CommonAppData 0x0023 // All Users\Application Data wro 265 CommonDesktop 0x0109 // All Users\Desktop err 46 CommonDocuments 0x002E // All Users\Documents wro 271 CommonFavorites 0x010F 23 CommonPrograms 0x0017

Install Error: Wizard interrupted before AC 2000 could be ...
The Start Menu that you see is a combination of both of these folders: %allusersprofile%\Start Menu and %userprofile%\Start Menu (For the logged on user) Same for the Desktop. The Desktop you see is a combination of two folders. When Admin is logged on you see both C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop and

Ongoing Computer Corruption issues
A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop. Valid only for Windows NT=AE systems. (value =3D 25) ssfCOMMONFAVORITES File system directory that serves (value =3D 23) ssfCOMMONSTARTMENU File system directory that contains the programs and folders that appear = on the Start menu for all users.

Creating a new users desktop
"c:\winnt\profiles\all users\start menu\programs\MCTD WeighEntry\" rem copies a shortcut to the desktop xcopy \\server\software\\MCTDWeighEntry\icon\*.* "c:\winnt\profiles\all users\desktop\" goto END 95 rem - *** Start of Win95 installation procedure rem - creates destination directory on client and copies files

Desktop icons in locked-down TS desktop
Ray Taylor administra...@kaycee.co.nz microsoft public windowsxp basics If you know windows 98 well enough, you will know that any shortcuts stored in c:\windows\start menu - are displayed on all users start menus. c:\windows\desktop - are displayed on all users desktops. c:\windows\profiles\username\start menu

Enabling/disabling Start-Menu items
That should be the "all users" not the user's start menu bits. That also depends. You can create different start menus for different user groups, and then you certainly this... i;m sure i will soon enough ;) I don't redirect the Start Menu, myself (I do MyDocs, Application Data, Desktop), but you certainly can.

Help with copying files to several hundred PC's
I was moving the start menu items from ALL USERS to ADMINISTRATOR and suddenly my start menu looks like this: Startup Command Prompt Windows Explorer Startup because I have no menu items in ALL USERS. If I add an Icon to the Desktop it appears in the all users desktop folder but shows up on the desktop twice.

Show Desktop Icons for All Users
Right click the start button and choose the option to explore all users. If you look here, you will see a branch with settings that are common to all user profiles, namely: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu Within there are

How do you set up a profile for all users
I go to Control Panel, Users and Passwors, open it up. I click on Advanced; I get 5 categories of users: Administrators, ASPNet, Guest, However w/ Win 2K Pro, it just boots right into my Wallpaper, Start Menu, Desktop, etc. WITHOUT giving me an option which of the accounts I might wish to utilize.

XP home users question
WinNT\profiles\All Users\Start Menu CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS = &H17& ' ..\WinNT\profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP = &H18& ' ..\WinNT\profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY = &H19& '..\WinNT\profiles\All Users\Desktop CSIDL_APPDATA = &H1A& ' .

Redirect and locked down desktop
Programs you install are available for all users. Some just don't install shortcuts for all users or in the all users start folder. All you need to do is simply create a new shortcut to the program and drop it in the other users desktop or start menu folder or the all users start menu folders.

Problem between XP users
DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run No Items Found -- Start Menu - Current User -- No Items Found -- Start Menu - All Users -- AT&T Self Support Tool.lnk Digital Line Detect.lnk Google Updater.lnk Kodak EasyShare software.lnk KODAK Software Updater.lnk Microsoft Office.lnk Windows Desktop

How to find the desktop folder
This is the way you explore and manage your Start Menu. What is it that you really want? To see your Desktop, by minimizing all open programs? (Try Win+M.) Or to see the folder: C:\Users\My Name\Desktop Or maybe: C:\Users\Public\Desktop I'm not sure how to change this Start Menu | Explore behavior, because that is

Group Policies
Doug Knox MS-MVP dk...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp security_admin y the shortcut in question from Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop to Documents and Settings\<username>\Desktop for the user that you want to have the shortcut. Then delete the original. The same applies for the Start Menu.