Can't Delete Stuff from Start Menu

[Yusifer]

Normally, I can delete stuff from the Start Menu by right-clicking; then it asked me to confirm, because it'd affect everyone else on the computer.

For some reason, since a few weeks ago, I can't right-click "Cut" or "Delete" anymore, and I have a lot of things in my Start Menu I don't want anymore. I've uninstalled the main programs but the Start Menu shortcut is still there.

It's as if my computer has locked its Start Menu so I can't right-click what's there anymore to delete it. I'm the only person on this computer and the main administrator.

Any help?

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Is this what you are looking for?
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/296-start-menu-all-programs-add-delete-shortcuts.html
Please let us know so we can provide more help.

 

[Yusifer]

I can't right-click "All Programs". It doesn't let me; nothing comes up either, it just automatically flips me into the start menu and the button changes to "Back".

When I do the shell:start menu, nothing's really there either. Nothing that'd obviously be a solution, anyway.

Also, my "wheel" on the mousepad no longer works. Usually I can scroll by running my finger up and down the right side of the mousepad, but it's locked and won't let me scroll anymore.

 

[derekimo]

I can't right-click "All Programs". It doesn't let me; nothing comes up either, it just automatically flips me into the start menu and the button changes to "Back".

When I do the shell:start menu, nothing's really there either. Nothing that'd obviously be a solution, anyway.

Also, my "wheel" on the mousepad no longer works. Usually I can scroll by running my finger up and down the right side of the mousepad, but it's locked and won't let me scroll anymore.

You might want to try this to see if it will repair what ever it is that's messed up,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

 

[Yusifer]

It says no problems detected :s

 

[Lomai]

Bonjour Yusifer

You tried changing your mouse?

 

[Yusifer]

It's a mousepad. It's integrated :s

The mouse isn't a huge deal, annoying, but the fact I can't delete start-menu items is more annoying than not being able to scroll with my mousepad.

 

[derekimo]

It says no problems detected :s

Can you do a http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html

to a point before you started having these problems.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Yusifer.



Have a look at the tutorial at the link below to see if it'll help with your issues.

How to Run a Startup Repair in Windows 7

 

[Yusifer]

I had these problems shortly after reinstalling W7 for the 4th time in ~6 months. If that's the solution, I might as well just reinstall W7 again :s and lose all my stuff, which I don't really... feel like having done. I'm a bit tired of having to always reinstall my OS because of various problems, usually some weird memory pop-up and blue screens, etc.

Thanks anyway, though.

I'll try Start-Up Repair, but is that going to erase stuff? or just check for missing DLLs, etc.?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

If you're going to do a re-install, have a look at this one first.



How to Do a Repair Install to Fix Windows 7

 

[derekimo]

I had these problems shortly after reinstalling W7 for the 4th time in ~6 months. If that's the solution, I might as well just reinstall W7 again :s and lose all my stuff, which I don't really... feel like having done. I'm a bit tired of having to always reinstall my OS because of various problems, usually some weird memory pop-up and blue screens, etc.

Thanks anyway, though.

I'll try Start-Up Repair, but is that going to erase stuff? or just check for missing DLLs, etc.?

I'd do a http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

instead of a startup repair, repair install wont get rid of any programs or stuff

it just fixes your installed version.

Startup repair is for boot problems.

Edit: Looks like BFK beat me to it, gotta work on my typing.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

I had these problems shortly after reinstalling W7 for the 4th time in ~6 months. If that's the solution, I might as well just reinstall W7 again :s and lose all my stuff, which I don't really... feel like having done. I'm a bit tired of having to always reinstall my OS because of various problems, usually some weird memory pop-up and blue screens, etc.

Thanks anyway, though.

I'll try Start-Up Repair, but is that going to erase stuff? or just check for missing DLLs, etc.?

Save all your stuff on a thumb drive or discs before you do repair/reinstalling! IMO

 

[Lomai]

Try this Yusifer

Go to the start Orb (Left Click)>Right click "All programs" and select "Open All Users" .
At this point you can drag, drop, delete and rename as you like, admin credentials will be required.
Note that once deleted you will not be able to recover the deleted folder/program menu.

Hope this helps and regards

 

[Yusifer]

I'll try a repair.

@ Lomai

I can't right-click anything in my Start Menu, including "All Programs" so I can't open the "Open All Users" directory. That's my problem lol I can't right-click anything inside the Start Menu / Programs Menu.

 

[Lomai]

Ok then...gonna have to go with what has been suggested above - repair install.
If you do not want to go that route you could try configuring your mouse clicks to switch the primary and secondary clicks just to get rid of the start-menu items and then revert it back once done
Hope things work out

Regards

 

[harpua]

Could it be as simple as your taskbar is locked? If so, just right click the taskbar and unlock the taskbar and see if that makes a difference.

 

[Yusifer]

Already tried that, it's not the taskbar, but the Start Menu that's "locked". I've always had the taskbar locked, and deleting and right-clicking worked before.

I did try unlocking and relocking the taskbar, though, and nothing happened.

{Edit}

I dunno what I did, but I went into Properties and started clicking on stuff, and it worked rofl. I changed the first two options - highlight new programs installed, and w/e the first one is - and now I can delete stuff.

Glad it was so simple!

But this doesn't fix my mouse not scrolling D:

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Be sure to post back so we know how it sorts out.

 

[Yusifer]

Any ideas on how to fix the mouse? I fixed the Start Menu thing..