Restore or Fix Missing Accessories Shortcuts in Start Menu

26 Responses to “Restore or Fix Missing Accessories Shortcuts in Start Menu”

• Richard April 7, 2012 at 6:03 pm

  I accidentally delete my accessories in the start menu i have a window vista is there a solution also for window vista.? Thank you in advance
• Raj February 16, 2012 at 11:50 pm

  Very Much intelligent utility, does it very easily..
• kieran August 12, 2011 at 5:44 am

  cheers,,had lost the shortcut for win media player,lol,,back in a flash
• Amrita August 5, 2011 at 5:48 am

  Thanks a lot! It was very useful :)
• Les May 31, 2011 at 3:05 am

  Thank you very much for the great restore program. My PC got many viruses and after removing all of them my PC was in a mess. I was ready to resinstall my OS. This virus or group of viruses actually hides all of your icons and hides all of your folders. I have also lost most of my shortcuts. I have decided to create new shortcuts for programs I need to open when I need to.

  Les
• Ronny Patel December 15, 2010 at 10:56 am

  Thanks a lot! I was able to restore my ‘Accessories’
• Stephen Warcup August 3, 2010 at 2:34 pm

  That was cool and easy, Just one ? is there a way to also add the backup tab it’s the only one missing now thank you have a great day
• WOW May 7, 2010 at 4:07 pm

  just wow, simple easy to use, i was super drunk and i figured it out, thank you!
• Lee April 2, 2010 at 3:00 pm

  Sweet! I just bought a new computer and in the middle of all my upgrading and reinstalling I accidentally deleted system tools cause Im a tool!

  Nice little piece of software you have here!

  Thank you!
• ANGEL February 17, 2010 at 7:46 am

  cada vez que voy a trabajar con windows word, aparece algo que dice “MISSING SHOTCUT” me ha colmado la paciencia, por favor alguien que me ayude a quitar esta cosa.

  gracias

  angel
• Daveo March 7, 2009 at 2:22 pm

  Hey this worked fine on my Vista x86! My Remote Desktop Connection (in addition to many others) was restored without issue. Thanks for a quick solution that works!
• mike December 30, 2008 at 9:18 am

  Hi this is if you have lost most of your programs in the Vista Home Premium start all programs area
  First of all you need to do is create shortcuts from the following programs and shortcuts
  To get these open start>computer>search
  Start to type or copy paste the following into the search bar located in the top right hand corner
  The 1st 7 are folders and the rest are just shortcuts and save to the desktop.

  Accessories
  Extras and Upgrades
  Administrative Tools
  Games
  Maintenance
  Programs
  Startup
  Shortcuts
  Launch Internet Explorer Browser
  Media Center
  Media Center
  Windows Collaboration
  Windows Contacts
  Windows Defender
  Windows DVD Maker
  Windows Media Player
  Windows Movie Maker
  Windows Photo Gallery
  Windows Sidebar

  Once you have done this you will need to do the following:

  Right click on the Start button and click on Open All Users or Explore All Users, not Open/Explore.
  NOTE: This will open this hidden Start Menu folder in Windows Explorer:
  C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu then you copy or cut and paste all of the folders and
  Shortcuts you have just made in the folder then close this and then hey presto all done:
  Click start all programs then you will see all back to normal…
  This took a while for me to figure out and no doubt it will happen again so I will be smart
  Write it all down and copy all the folders and shortcuts I have made and this no file to a cd for
  Future use
  I hope this helps anyone with this issue thanks for looking… you don’t need to install
  Any other software to do this as my old Pappy said to the best way to learn About a Pc is to read
  The forums lol
• Lee H September 20, 2008 at 5:04 am

  Is there any way to restore more in WIN XP Pro? I lost about 80% of my start/all programs/… items. I think that a registry “fix” program created the problem. I tried going through my entire programs directory and “pinning” the .exe programs to the start, but this is not what I really the same thing. Before the error, when I hit “start”, then “all programs” the list was about 3 columns of programs, now it only has 20 programs listed. I tried changing the number of start menu items allowed, but the software will not allow me to change the number higher than 30.
• Randy September 10, 2008 at 6:43 am

  Thanks a lot! I was able to restore my ‘Accessories’ in Window$ VISTA!!!!!
• ro August 15, 2008 at 3:04 am

  por favor coloq como podemos acessar os atalhos do computador……………………………………………………………………………com um cliq ou dois????????????????
• Sophea June 24, 2008 at 10:56 am

  Thank your raymond. It really great for your comment.
  Your commend is very useful for people like us.

  Wish your success in your business.

  Many thanks again!!!

  Sophea
• Ricky May 12, 2008 at 10:29 pm

  Thanks Raymond. As other said it will come handy some times in the future. This is very usefull info for people like us “Friend”.

  Thanks again Raymond.

  Ricky
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• jeff May 12, 2008 at 9:44 am

  thanks raymond. its really helpful!
• Solaris May 12, 2008 at 1:02 am

  Thanks for the tip. :mrgreen:
• Rusty May 12, 2008 at 12:55 am

  Thanks Raymond never know when this may comein handy.It appears that this old PC does something different every day
• Lowyat May 12, 2008 at 12:28 am

  SO far I dont facing this problem … heheh
• KALMANI May 11, 2008 at 7:29 pm

  @friend…PLEASE STFU!!!…THIS IS USEFUL INFO…THANX BTW RAYMOND.
• Roy Raay May 11, 2008 at 6:33 pm

  Thanks mate, cheers!
• Friend May 11, 2008 at 5:30 pm

  Please put some useful information. But i appretiate your hard work.
• Ammar May 11, 2008 at 5:28 pm

  Thanks Raymond.

  This might help in future.