Start Menu Missing Items - Comments Page 1

Also, this could be a sign of a virus. Try to go to your task list by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESC and see if you get a message that says THIS HAS BEEN RESTRICTED CONTACT ADMINISTRATOR. If it does, you got a virus.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Maybe, but I'm sure there are MANY viruses that don't prevent you from viewing the task list. Better to scan for badware. See http://www.askbobrankin.com/should_i_buy_antispyware_or_antivirus_software.html

Sir, In my system "run" menu missing from start menu items. am using win2k operating system.Please give the solution as soon as possible.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Did you try the proposed solution above? I recently updated the article with additional information.

thanks this article solved my problem.
it is a virus. run,search and task manager will not be opened you will be stripped of your administrator's account and your system joins a workgroup all without your permission

I tried the above solution but when I open the Start menu items list... run and search are not there to check or uncheck. Solutions?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Maybe a System Restore can help. Do you remember when they disappeared?

Wow, it is great. Your steps are short and clear. Thanks a lot. Now I can find my search button from the start menu already!!

I can't find Search and/or Run on the Start menu items list. What should I do?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Read the article, and follow the instructions. Or did you already try that?

when i go to start my search is not there. i used to go there to search files now there is a search with a magnifying glass there instead. how can i get the old one back.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Search option is supposed to have a magnifying glass next to it...

sir the search options keeps on disappearing from the start menu.. and now it has permanently disappeared from the start menu. and when i go to start menu = properties= customize => advance => (the search button is not present in the start menu item's list ) .. the search option is not present there to check or uncheck ...? what to do ..?

Thanks. I have never had the "run" option in my start menu, so anytime you had to use it I obviously couldn't. I asked many people and the answer had always been I'd need to re-install XP and loose everything else. Today a friend told me about this web site and I immediately was able to fix it with simply checking s box saved many hours of work.

None of the 2 solutions above work for me, all those options are missing :-( run, search, folder options, system restore says its disabled by the admin, thats me.. PLEASE HELP!!!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Are you logged in as an Admin user?

search option is missing in start menu.when i go to start menu = properties= customize => advance => (the search button is not present in the start menu item's list ) .. the search option is not present there to check or uncheck ...? what to do ..?

I like a couple of others there went to check the search and run but it is missing. And to top that off my restore does not restore on any of the high lighted dates. I can use a restore with system suite but then my adobe icons don't look right and wants to know what program to open with. Adobe is not on that list. When I tried to reinstall Adobe I got the message "the paging file is to small for this operation to complete. So I keep this setup here so my adobe works. What a mess.

Hey There,

That was an excellent tip I got my run and search to come up in the start menu

Thanks

Steve.

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