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Just recently I am not able to right click on a program in my program list
and create and shortcut to place it on my desktop. Such as Yahoo Messenger -
after uninstalling and reinstalling - I cannot place a shortcut on my
desktop. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. This has happened 2
or 3 other times on programs I have uninstalled and reinstalled. Thank you.
 
If your right click menu is missing.....

XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and Check: Enable dragging and dropping |
OK | OK

Classic Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button |
Scroll down to and Check: Enable dragging and dropping |
OK | OK

[[Specifies whether you can drag items to the Start
menu.]] Also disables right click menu if UNChecked.
 
Thank you Wes for your quick response - I changed my view to "Classic" and
now my "right click" menus are available and I was able to put a shortcut on
my desktop for Yahoo. I did check for "dragging and dropping" and it was
already checked. So I guess all is well that ends well. Thank you again and
have a great day.

Wesley Vogel said:
If your right click menu is missing.....

XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and Check: Â Enable dragging and dropping |
OK | OK

Classic Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button |
Scroll down to and Check: Â Enable dragging and dropping |
OK | OK

[[Specifies whether you can drag items to the Start
menu.]] Also disables right click menu if UNChecked.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

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Fuzzy said:
Just recently I am not able to right click on a program in my program
list and create and shortcut to place it on my desktop. Such as
Yahoo Messenger - after uninstalling and reinstalling - I cannot
place a shortcut on my desktop. Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated. This has happened 2 or 3 other times on programs I have
uninstalled and reinstalled. Thank you.
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You didn't have to change the Start Menu to Classic, but whatever. It's
what I use.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

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Fuzzy said:
Thank you Wes for your quick response - I changed my view to
"Classic" and now my "right click" menus are available and I was able
to put a shortcut on my desktop for Yahoo. I did check for "dragging
and dropping" and it was already checked. So I guess all is well
that ends well. Thank you again and have a great day.

Wesley Vogel said:
If your right click menu is missing.....

XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and Check: Â Enable dragging and dropping |
OK | OK

Classic Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button |
Scroll down to and Check: Â Enable dragging and dropping |
OK | OK

[[Specifies whether you can drag items to the Start
menu.]] Also disables right click menu if UNChecked.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In
Fuzzy said:
Just recently I am not able to right click on a program in my
program list and create and shortcut to place it on my desktop.
Such as Yahoo Messenger - after uninstalling and reinstalling - I
cannot place a shortcut on my desktop. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated. This has happened 2 or 3 other times on
programs I have uninstalled and reinstalled. Thank you.
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