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by wesley.chin Accepted solution
by seanferd Accepted solution
Is it pointing to where the file actually is?
Was it pointing to the proper file for you in the first place?
by wesley.chin Accepted solution
It is not the typical kind of shortcut. I can make a shorcut to IE, and drag it to the start menu. Then it is there and works. but the kind that I am wanting is a different one. For example, when you click for properties on "Email", the mail setup tab for outlook is shown.
Right clicking "Internet" shows "internet properties"
by boxfiddler Accepted solution
Right-click anywhere in a blank area of the desktop. Select Properties. Then in the Desktop tab select Advanced. At the top of the General tab should be 4 or so checkboxes, one of which is Internet Explorer. Place a checkmark in that box and the icon you are looking for should be restored to your desktop.
To add Internet Options (similar I think to what you are looking for) to your Start Menu, open Control Panel. Click on the Folders icon in the toolbar to display your file tree in the left-hand pane. In that pane navigate to Documents and Settings\All Users. Right-click and drag Internet Options from the Control Panel to All Users in the folder pane. When you release the mouse button, choose 'Copy Here'.
Another option for your start menu, try this (not totally certain it will get you the shortcut you want, but it is worth a try):
Right-click on the taskbar. Choose Properties. Select the Start Menu tab. Choose Customize. In the window that comes up choose Add. This will bring up the Create Shortcut wizard. Browse to the file you need (probable path=My Computer\C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE) and choose ok. You will then be prompted to give it a friendly name. Call it whatever you want. When you complete the wizard the new shortcut will be in your start menu.
by wesley.chin Accepted solution
getting Internet Explorer on the desktop is not what I am looking for. Rather I am looking to get the reference to it on the start menu.
the second and third methods mentioned also did not work. the things that were mentioned did not appear, leading me to think that maybe the OS is different. The OS in question is XP Home.
by seanferd Accepted solution
gets placed on the start menu, but it is a registry setting like the one that sets it on the desktop. Is there no setting in internet properties to Show in Start Menu like there is to Show on Desktop?
I can give you a Properties shortcut, but it won't launch IE or have the context menu.
RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl
Put it in the command line of a shortcut, and pick an icon if necessary.
by boxfiddler Accepted solution
using the Windows Classic GUI and have been used on an XP Home laptop I support.
I don't mess in the XP original GUI much. Instructions for that follow.
Using XP original GUI: right-click on taskbar, choose Properties. Choose the Start Menu tab. Select Customize and you should get a dialogue box with 2 tabs: General and Advanced. At the bottom of the General tab it should say 'Show on Start menu:' Under that you should have 2 checkboxes, 1 for Internet and 1 for Email. The Internet box should have a checkmark in it and the dropdown box to the right of it needs to say Internet Explorer.
by wesley.chin Accepted solution
by cg._ Accepted solution
Maybe this is what you are talking about, right click on your Internet shortcut and you should have an option to Pin to Start menu, this should get you your shortcut back on your Start Menu.
Hope this helps
CG._
by wesley.chin Accepted solution
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by seanferd Accepted solution
and "file was moved"?
What did that icon point to? Or could you not access its properties?
I don't actually remember the IE shell object on a start menu, and I wonder if it is an OEM registry hack.
Have you tried the Repair option for IE in the Add/Remove control panel?
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