Vista cannot open start menu folder

I like it, very neat solution, Btw do you know how does it works in the back end, does it looks the data over the registry?. Thanks a lot — jmayor. You're welcome. A lot of the Win32 APIs you'll see will, in the end, look up data in the registry.

It's safer to use the programmatic calls, though, because registry locations can and do change from one Windows release to another. Not always, but sometimes. The SHGetSpecialFolderPath function is documented, supported, and will always return the correct path on a given system. Show 2 more comments. DirectoryInfo Environment. GetFolderPath Environment. FileInfo IO. Combine diStartMenu.

Nasenbaer Nasenbaer 4, 10 10 gold badges 46 46 silver badges 84 84 bronze badges. Do not read it off the registry. Use documented APIs instead. These values aren't created until certain Shell APIs are called. You will discover this if you start from a fresh install of Windows and add system restore to your test process.

John DeV Independent Advisor. I'll be happy to assist you today. I understand you have a problem with start menu not working. Did you made any changes recently? When was the last time it was working properly? What is your current Windows operating system and version? Select the Processes tab. Scroll down and look for Windows Explorer Right click then select Restart.

Please ignore the red errors and let the process complete. Get-AppxPackage Microsoft. Please let me know if you have any further concerns. How satisfied are you with this reply? This is a very convenient technique to use for pinning the Downloads and Videos folder to the start menu, since for some odd reason Microsoft gives you Pictures, Music, and even Games… but not the rest.

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