Can No Longer Right Click On The "Start" Menu Button To Get To Explorer
May 7, 2007I am running win-xp and just recently discovered that I can no longer right click on the start menu button.
View 2 RepliesI am running win-xp and just recently discovered that I can no longer right click on the start menu button.
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Now when I right click and move to the "New" selection there is a dialog box the flickers on several times and then goes away and that's it. Nothing else. The dialog box goes away so fast it is hard to read but I THINK is says something about "Preparing to install".
I have never seen this problem before and haven't a clue how to fix it. Where in the registry is the stuff that controls what appears under the "New" selection? Perhaps it is corrupt in some way.
I sure hope someone can help me, this is a bummer.
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