Left Half of Start Menu disappears/goes black

[Guest Woo]

Hi - I am using XP SP 2 Home Edition. After using my computer for a little

while, the left half of the start menu will go black. When I press the Start

button, the top legend with my user name, the bottom legend with log off/turn

off computer and the right side with My Documents down through Run in a blue

background are all there, but the left side between the top and bottom

legends is black - this is the area where commonly used programs are normally

listed with a white background.

 

In addition, the "All Programs" button does nothing when clicked, and most

other things like My Documents will give "shortcut can't be created here,

create on desktop" instead of initiating the correct action.

 

I tried TweakUI's rebuild icons, which doesn't fix it, and I can't run

"regsvr32 /i shell32.dll" because the run command gives me the shortcut

message. The only fix is to log off and log back in. Any ideas?

 

Thanks

Woo

[Guest Elmo]

Re: Left Half of Start Menu disappears/goes black

 

Woo wrote:

> Hi - I am using XP SP 2 Home Edition. After using my computer for a little

> while, the left half of the start menu will go black. When I press the Start

> button, the top legend with my user name, the bottom legend with log off/turn

> off computer and the right side with My Documents down through Run in a blue

> background are all there, but the left side between the top and bottom

> legends is black - this is the area where commonly used programs are normally

> listed with a white background.

>

> In addition, the "All Programs" button does nothing when clicked, and most

> other things like My Documents will give "shortcut can't be created here,

> create on desktop" instead of initiating the correct action.

>

> I tried TweakUI's rebuild icons, which doesn't fix it, and I can't run

> "regsvr32 /i shell32.dll" because the run command gives me the shortcut

> message. The only fix is to log off and log back in. Any ideas?

>

> Thanks

> Woo

 

Maybe one of these:

 

Line 117. Restore Taskbar and Start Menu

Line 164. Restore Taskbar and Desktop to Default Functionality

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

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Joe =o)