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parkd1:
Set where it says no text. How do you fix it back to what it was.

Shane:
I know that the information for the start menu and what it shows is kept in the registry. So I took a registry snap shot, then changed some settings in the start menu and then took another snap shot and then compared. The registry key that changed was

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist\{CEBFF5CD-ACE2-4F4F-9178-9926F41749EA}\Count\HRZR_PGYFRFFVBA

When I looked at the long vaule of that key I could see text of everything that was in the start menu. So I have a feeling that is the key there.

So since I dont know how to fix that I would sya the thing to do is export out the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist

We are exporting it as a backup. Then once you do that delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist and then reboot. See if the start menu rebuilds itself or not, if anything goes wrong just import the reg file we exported back in :wink:

The reason why this might work is I checked the registry of the default account in windows that all new accounts get copied from and that registry key isnt in there, so it is a key that is made after the user logs in, so we should be able to remove it and have it rebuild itself.

Let me know how that goes.

Shane

parkd1:
I when into regedit and and got all the way to count but do not have HRZR_PGYFRFFVBA could that be the problem?

Shane:
Not sure, try deleting the whole section like I said and reboot, make sure to export out that section first in case you need to put it back :wink:

Shane

parkd1:
Ok will give that a try.

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