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09 Sep 2014 | #1 |
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Just a quick note, I believe I found a minor error in the batch files. If the user profile name has a space in it, the registry key export will fail. The %userprofile% variable needs to have quotes around it to work in that instance.
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09 Sep 2014 | #2 |
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Thank you Robert for pointing this out. The .bat files have been updated now.
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09 Feb 2015 | #3 |
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Pinned StartMenu items "vanished"
Hi Shawn
Is it possible to use either (or both) your utilities when I find my StartMenu pinned items list has spontaneously vanished? There are no longer any programs shown at all, and I haven't previously backed it up. The hidden StartMenu folder for my user is still there and reflects how StartMenu looked until this morning, but the actual StartMenu is now empty. If I back it up with your first utility presumably it will back up the now empty StartMenu, no? I need to restore as per the contents of the hidden folder, but I'm not sure your utilities will do this (and I don't want to lose this list!) Any advice would be most welcome. Thank you in advance Tony |
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09 Feb 2015 | #4 |
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Hello Tony, and welcome to Seven Forums.
Pinned items on the Start Menu are referenced in both the registry and the hidden Start Menu folder. Since the links are still in your Start Menu folder, it appears that something happened to the registry location, and broke them leaving the Start Menu pin to area blank. Yeah, it wouldn't do any good to back up your pin to area now since it'll be the same broken state. About all you can do is to make note of the items you want to pin to Start in your Start Menu folder, reset the Start menu pin to area, and manually pin them again. ![]() |
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09 Feb 2015 | #5 |
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Hi Shawn
Thanks a million for you speedy reply. I was afraid you'd say that! I was hoping there might be a straightforward way to restore the registry entry and put it all back together again. The weird thing is, I hadn't even logged off overnight, only slept the machine, so whatever caused it happened as part of that sleep/wake process. Ah well, probably half the stuff on there I no longer used anyway, so maybe I needed the nudge to tidy it up. I may take a stroll thru the events logs and see what I can find that might explain what happened. Thanks again Tony |
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