Right Click Program Files Problem
May 18, 2005On the start menu, pressing All Programs and then trying to right click on a program to send to desktop, nothing appears or nothing happens at all
Any help would be appreciated
On the start menu, pressing All Programs and then trying to right click on a program to send to desktop, nothing appears or nothing happens at all
Any help would be appreciated
I would like to add the antivirus program Avira AntiVir to the right-click menu for files and folders in Windows XP. How do I do this?
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Hello!
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