All pinned programs to start menu are gone

All my programs pinned to start menu are gone (about 7-8 of them) are gone. I can't pin new items to start menu or pin some programs to taskbar either

This happened after i uninstalled Hotspot Shield using Revo Uninstaller.

Before this happened, i couldn't pin programs to start menu for a while.

Once while installing a program i got Warning 1909 Can't create .lnk error message

I also get a explorer.exe could not create shortcut error message

I am using Windows 7 32bit.

How do i resolve this please?

Hi Amon, Welcome to 7 forums. Could you provide your system information from the link below please?


System Info - See Your System Specs

Done.

Hi Amon, Could you run the system file checker from the below link.


SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

Hi Amon, Could you also post the Windows Edition you have


Click Start Orb

Right click computer

Click properties, and it will show up the top the Windows Edition.

Hi bawldiggle, You are not intruding at all. Anything anyone else has to offer may help, as I have not used

these other programs.

I ran the SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker.

I got Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

Windows Edition is Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit Service Pack 1

Hello Amon, Below is a tutorial by Brink to pin to startmenu.



Start Menu - Pin or Unpin a Program to

Hi Amon, I meant to add this tutorial in case you are still not able to pin to start menu.



How to Restore Missing "Pin to Taskbar" and "Pin to Start Menu" Context Menu Items in Windows 7 Shortcuts