Start Menu Has Dropped The Search Icon
Jun 17, 2008Recently my XP start menu has dropped the search icon. I've looked in all settings menus I can find, but see no way to reinstate it
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Double Click On Start Menu And Get Search
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Shortcut To SEARCH On Start Menu Not Working
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