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Old June 26th 04, 01:50 AM
shawn
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Default start menu button no longer works

help, i reinstalled win me over itself and now the start
menu button in the corner of the screen no longer works.
it can be right clicked and explored but when left
clicked, it just presses in and stays pressed in but
doesnt do anything else. please help, how do i get my
start menu button to work again?
  #2  
Old June 26th 04, 09:01 AM
Noel Paton
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Default start menu button no longer works

My first question has to be - WHY did you reinstall ME over itself?
Did you have IE6 installed previously?
Did you have WMP9 installed previously?

Try this - boot to DOS using your Startup disk.
at the A:\ prompt type

SCANREG /FIX

and hit the Enter key - then remove the floppy when the box reboots.

See if that helps

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"shawn" wrote in message
...
help, i reinstalled win me over itself and now the start
menu button in the corner of the screen no longer works.
it can be right clicked and explored but when left
clicked, it just presses in and stays pressed in but
doesnt do anything else. please help, how do i get my
start menu button to work again?



  #3  
Old June 26th 04, 11:12 AM
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Default start menu button no longer works

I reinstalled ME over itself due to the fact that my
daughter had messed with my computer and deleted several
windows files and when i tried to use system restore it
said that system could not be restored so therefore i
reinstalled to try to get back what was missing, which
worked but as stated, the start button no longer works,
yes i had IE6 and WMP9 previously installed but didnt
think id have to reinstall those updates also when i
checked the windows update site, it said i have all
updates already...anyway, thanks for the suggestion to use
my start up disk to try to fix my registry, i'll give that
a try next.....any other help would be appreciated.
any emails of detailed help would be also greatly
apreciated.



-----Original Message-----
My first question has to be - WHY did you reinstall ME

over itself?
Did you have IE6 installed previously?
Did you have WMP9 installed previously?

Try this - boot to DOS using your Startup disk.
at the A:\ prompt type

SCANREG /FIX

and hit the Enter key - then remove the floppy when the

box reboots.

See if that helps

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post

messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f...2001/Mar01/Mar

27pmvp.asp

"shawn" wrote in

message
...
help, i reinstalled win me over itself and now the start
menu button in the corner of the screen no longer works.
it can be right clicked and explored but when left
clicked, it just presses in and stays pressed in but
doesnt do anything else. please help, how do i get my
start menu button to work again?



.

  #4  
Old June 26th 04, 04:44 PM
Shawn
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Default start menu button no longer works

scanreg/fix did not help, does anyone have any other
suggestions?

-----Original Message-----
I reinstalled ME over itself due to the fact that my
daughter had messed with my computer and deleted several
windows files and when i tried to use system restore it
said that system could not be restored so therefore i
reinstalled to try to get back what was missing, which
worked but as stated, the start button no longer works,
yes i had IE6 and WMP9 previously installed but didnt
think id have to reinstall those updates also when i
checked the windows update site, it said i have all
updates already...anyway, thanks for the suggestion to

use
my start up disk to try to fix my registry, i'll give

that
a try next.....any other help would be appreciated.
any emails of detailed help would be also greatly
apreciated.



-----Original Message-----
My first question has to be - WHY did you reinstall ME

over itself?
Did you have IE6 installed previously?
Did you have WMP9 installed previously?

Try this - boot to DOS using your Startup disk.
at the A:\ prompt type

SCANREG /FIX

and hit the Enter key - then remove the floppy when the

box reboots.

See if that helps

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post

messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../2001/Mar01/Ma

r
27pmvp.asp

"shawn" wrote in

message
...
help, i reinstalled win me over itself and now the

start
menu button in the corner of the screen no longer

works.
it can be right clicked and explored but when left
clicked, it just presses in and stays pressed in but
doesnt do anything else. please help, how do i get my
start menu button to work again?



.

.

  #5  
Old June 26th 04, 06:03 PM
Noel Paton
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Default start menu button no longer works

Eurgh!
Right - let's work under the worst-case scenario that your dear daughter (is
she still living?g) managed to infect your PC with a number of nasties.

First thing is to see whether we can get Windows back up and running - can
you boot to Safe Mode???


Download F-Prot for DOS diskmakers from www.f-prot.com make the boot disks,
and boot the system from them - run a scan and see what's reported.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

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or
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"Shawn" wrote in message
...
scanreg/fix did not help, does anyone have any other
suggestions?

-----Original Message-----
I reinstalled ME over itself due to the fact that my
daughter had messed with my computer and deleted several
windows files and when i tried to use system restore it
said that system could not be restored so therefore i
reinstalled to try to get back what was missing, which
worked but as stated, the start button no longer works,
yes i had IE6 and WMP9 previously installed but didnt
think id have to reinstall those updates also when i
checked the windows update site, it said i have all
updates already...anyway, thanks for the suggestion to

use
my start up disk to try to fix my registry, i'll give

that
a try next.....any other help would be appreciated.
any emails of detailed help would be also greatly
apreciated.



-----Original Message-----
My first question has to be - WHY did you reinstall ME

over itself?
Did you have IE6 installed previously?
Did you have WMP9 installed previously?

Try this - boot to DOS using your Startup disk.
at the A:\ prompt type

SCANREG /FIX

and hit the Enter key - then remove the floppy when the

box reboots.

See if that helps

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post

messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../2001/Mar01/Ma

r
27pmvp.asp

"shawn" wrote in

message
...
help, i reinstalled win me over itself and now the

start
menu button in the corner of the screen no longer

works.
it can be right clicked and explored but when left
clicked, it just presses in and stays pressed in but
doesnt do anything else. please help, how do i get my
start menu button to work again?


.

.



 




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