Games installed on one drive, XP in another. Start Menu problem.

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    Byakira is offline Full Member

    Games installed on one drive, XP in another. Start Menu problem.

    Hey guys.

    Sorry for the confusing title.

    Anyway, I install all my games and most of my programs in my F Drive. And I got windows in C (obviously). And just yesterday, I reinstalled windows on my C drive, and kept the F drive alone (because installing games through Steam is an ass).

    Now I don't see them in my Start Menu. How do I get them up?

    Thanks for replies =]

    Byaa

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    Digerati is offline Super Moderator
    Your problem appears to be with the "context menu handlers" that control the "right-click context menu" for Windows Explorer.

    This can be tricky. When did it start? If it just started in the last couple days, I would do a System Restore to a Restore Point just before the problem started. If that fixes the problem, then there was probably some program, driver, or system update that failed.

    I would also urge you to purge your system of clutter using Windows [XP / Vista] Disk Cleanup, ATF Cleaner or CCleaner. If you use CCleaner, then during installation, uncheck the option to install the Yahoo toolbar and before first use, go to Options > Settings > Advanced and ensure Only delete files in Windows Temp folders older than 48 hours is unchecked.

    Note: Ensure you know your site credentials (user name and password) for sites you frequent before cleaning; you may have to login again at next visit.

    Then download, install, update, and run Malwarebytes's Anti-Malware (MBAM) to ensure your system is free of malware. Then do the same for all other computers on your network (everything on your side of the Internet gateway, typically a cable/DSL modem).

    If it still does not work after that, see Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers.

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    Byakira is offline Full Member
    Just posting solutions to my long lost problems.

    For this particular one, it would seem that the Start Menu only operates on Shortcuts, and I didn't make shortcuts to the games in my Steam and put them on the Start Menu.

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    Digerati is offline Super Moderator
    Just posting solutions to my long lost problems.
    Why? The last reply to this thread was almost 2 years ago. Please do not respond to inactive threads.

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