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Shortcut Missing in XP Mode
After having a major problem with XP Mode, I uninstalled and reinstalled it. Before doing this, I had a shortcut to Windows Explorer that showed up in the "Windows XP Mode Applications" entry on the Windows 7 Start menu. And it worked just fine. After reinstallation, that shortcut is missing. I have two others for installed aapplicaions that do appear, and that work correctly. And I am aware that to show up there, the shortcut needs to be in the ALL USERS->START MENU->PROGRAMS folder. And both the two shortcuts that DO appear, and the Windows Explorer shortcut are in the ALL USERS->START MENU->PROGRAMS folder.
Anyone know of what might cause a shortcut to fail to appear?
Update. Figured this out after a few blind alleys. To appear in the Windows 7 list of XP Mode Applications, apparently, three things are needed:
1. The shortcut must be in the ALL USERS->START MENU-> PROGRAMS folder
2. The application must NOT be listed in the WPCVAppExclueList key in the Registry
3. Once the application entry has been deleted from the WPCVAppExcludeList key in the Registry, XP must be rebooted for the change to be effective.
Took me a good while to figure out how to reboot the virtual machine--Answer, click the CTL+ALT+DEL menu item, choose SHUTDOWN, then from the next box dropdown list, either Shut Down or Restart. Once all three of those actions were taken, Windows Explorer does appear in the XP Mode Applications list in Windows 8
Last edited by RP McIntosh; 24 Apr 2010 at 20:11. Reason: Update Status