Start Menu All Programs in Windows 7 - Restore Default Shortcuts

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  1. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #10

    You're most welcome NoN. :)
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  2. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #11

    Shawn,

    it should be noted that if the "Common Programs" property under

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

    is set to anything but the default value then your instructions will not work. Thank you!
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  3. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #12

    Hello svnpenn,

    Thank you for the heads up. It would be unusual for that to be changed though.
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  4. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #13

    Shawn,

    I was messing around with the folders that hold the shortcuts yesterday, and if you move the wrong folder it will automatically change this key to where you moved the folder.
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  5. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #14

    Yeah, normally you wouldn't want to move the %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder like that. How did you move it though? I didn't see an option to move it like the user folders.
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  6. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #15

    Shawn,

    I am not sure how it happened, but the end result was that it changed that registry key without my knowledge. Then it appeared the only way to fix it was to go into the registry and change it back. I wanted others to be aware that in some cases simply restoring the folders will not work.
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  7. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #16

    Not sure either, but thank you for the heads up again in case anyone else may run into the same.
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  8. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #17

    Thanks this has saved me a lot of time. The computer I am working on had a load of its short cuts renamed by something or other. It was heavily infected with malware / spyware.

    I signed up to say that you don't need to unblock each shortcut individually. If you unblock the zip file before unzipping it, the fact that it has been unblocked is transferred to all of the files in the archive.

    I hope this is of use.

    Thanks again.
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