Shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu are missing,

[Guest Denno]

Hey

 

Everytime i install a program, game or just someting, it doesn't put a

shortvut on the desktop or in the start menu, even if it normally does. The

software can still be found in "Program Files", and in the controlpanel (hope

that's what's called in english)

 

I'm using Vista 64-bit, which i just installed yesterday. In the first few

hours, software got installed and placed their shortcuts as thye should, but

then the problem came.

 

If i remember right the problem came after i've solved the problem with

"BOOTMGR" because i have SATA2 and an IDE harddisk.

 

/Denno

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu are missing,

 

"solved the problem with boot manager"? You'll need/want to tell us what you

did there. My guess is something you probably shouldn't have.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B6DC75A8-952F-4801-ADF2-0E6080521A6C@microsoft.com...

> Hey

>

> Everytime i install a program, game or just someting, it doesn't put a

> shortvut on the desktop or in the start menu, even if it normally does.

> The

> software can still be found in "Program Files", and in the controlpanel

> (hope

> that's what's called in english)

>

> I'm using Vista 64-bit, which i just installed yesterday. In the first few

> hours, software got installed and placed their shortcuts as thye should,

> but

> then the problem came.

>

> If i remember right the problem came after i've solved the problem with

> "BOOTMGR" because i have SATA2 and an IDE harddisk.

>

> /Denno

[Guest Denno]

Re: Shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu are missing,

 

Well i found a guy in a forum who had the same problem as i had with the

missing BOOTMGR file and he decribed how he got this problem too.

 

Like i have on my pc, he had an IDE-disk and a SATA2-disk, and installed

Vista on the SATA2-disk. The problem is by doing so, Vista places it's boot

files on the IDE-disk and since vista is installed on SATA2, it's not

possible to boot Vista. What he said that could be done, was first to unplug

the IDE-disk. Then boot on the Vista cd and make a repair there. Then plug

the IDE-disk into the pc again, and vista should be able to boot without

problems with the with or without the IDE-disk. It worked perfectly to me.

 

I'm pretty sure nothing is wrong here, but oh well. You may never know.

 

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> "solved the problem with boot manager"? You'll need/want to tell us what you

> did there. My guess is something you probably shouldn't have.

>

> --

> Charlie.

> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>

>

> "Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:B6DC75A8-952F-4801-ADF2-0E6080521A6C@microsoft.com...

> > Hey

> >

> > Everytime i install a program, game or just someting, it doesn't put a

> > shortvut on the desktop or in the start menu, even if it normally does.

> > The

> > software can still be found in "Program Files", and in the controlpanel

> > (hope

> > that's what's called in english)

> >

> > I'm using Vista 64-bit, which i just installed yesterday. In the first few

> > hours, software got installed and placed their shortcuts as thye should,

> > but

> > then the problem came.

> >

> > If i remember right the problem came after i've solved the problem with

> > "BOOTMGR" because i have SATA2 and an IDE harddisk.

> >

> > /Denno

>

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu are missing,

 

Vista can be installed on any (permanent) disk it can see in your system. It

will install boot files on the first drive in your BIOS.

 

By changing things around, it sounds like you've got drive assignments not

where Vista thinks they should be, causing this issue. Since this is a new

installation, I'd strongly recommend starting over.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D4E72C43-8A5F-4901-8431-591A778C891C@microsoft.com...

> Well i found a guy in a forum who had the same problem as i had with the

> missing BOOTMGR file and he decribed how he got this problem too.

>

> Like i have on my pc, he had an IDE-disk and a SATA2-disk, and installed

> Vista on the SATA2-disk. The problem is by doing so, Vista places it's

> boot

> files on the IDE-disk and since vista is installed on SATA2, it's not

> possible to boot Vista. What he said that could be done, was first to

> unplug

> the IDE-disk. Then boot on the Vista cd and make a repair there. Then plug

> the IDE-disk into the pc again, and vista should be able to boot without

> problems with the with or without the IDE-disk. It worked perfectly to me.

>

> I'm pretty sure nothing is wrong here, but oh well. You may never know.

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

>

>> "solved the problem with boot manager"? You'll need/want to tell us what

>> you

>> did there. My guess is something you probably shouldn't have.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>>

>> "Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:B6DC75A8-952F-4801-ADF2-0E6080521A6C@microsoft.com...

>> > Hey

>> >

>> > Everytime i install a program, game or just someting, it doesn't put a

>> > shortvut on the desktop or in the start menu, even if it normally does.

>> > The

>> > software can still be found in "Program Files", and in the controlpanel

>> > (hope

>> > that's what's called in english)

>> >

>> > I'm using Vista 64-bit, which i just installed yesterday. In the first

>> > few

>> > hours, software got installed and placed their shortcuts as thye

>> > should,

>> > but

>> > then the problem came.

>> >

>> > If i remember right the problem came after i've solved the problem with

>> > "BOOTMGR" because i have SATA2 and an IDE harddisk.

>> >

>> > /Denno

>>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu are missing,

 

VistaBoot Pro 3.3 can write the bootloader (both legacy and Vista) files to

whatever disk (even all of them) you want. It uses a GUI and is an

indispensible tool.

 

"Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D4E72C43-8A5F-4901-8431-591A778C891C@microsoft.com...

> Well i found a guy in a forum who had the same problem as i had with the

> missing BOOTMGR file and he decribed how he got this problem too.

>

> Like i have on my pc, he had an IDE-disk and a SATA2-disk, and installed

> Vista on the SATA2-disk. The problem is by doing so, Vista places it's

> boot

> files on the IDE-disk and since vista is installed on SATA2, it's not

> possible to boot Vista. What he said that could be done, was first to

> unplug

> the IDE-disk. Then boot on the Vista cd and make a repair there. Then plug

> the IDE-disk into the pc again, and vista should be able to boot without

> problems with the with or without the IDE-disk. It worked perfectly to me.

>

> I'm pretty sure nothing is wrong here, but oh well. You may never know.

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

>

>> "solved the problem with boot manager"? You'll need/want to tell us what

>> you

>> did there. My guess is something you probably shouldn't have.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>>

>> "Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:B6DC75A8-952F-4801-ADF2-0E6080521A6C@microsoft.com...

>> > Hey

>> >

>> > Everytime i install a program, game or just someting, it doesn't put a

>> > shortvut on the desktop or in the start menu, even if it normally does.

>> > The

>> > software can still be found in "Program Files", and in the controlpanel

>> > (hope

>> > that's what's called in english)

>> >

>> > I'm using Vista 64-bit, which i just installed yesterday. In the first

>> > few

>> > hours, software got installed and placed their shortcuts as thye

>> > should,

>> > but

>> > then the problem came.

>> >

>> > If i remember right the problem came after i've solved the problem with

>> > "BOOTMGR" because i have SATA2 and an IDE harddisk.

>> >

>> > /Denno

>>

[Guest Denno]

Re: Shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu are missing,

 

The guy where i got this help from explained in detail (in Danish though) on

how Vista accidantly puts it's boot files on the IDE, and his solution worked

fine for me, so i will stick to his point of view on this problem.

 

I was wondering if i should try reinstalling Vista. Just a lot of work.

 

Another thing I've noticed is that it's typical those programs that get

installed in the folder "Program Files (x86)" that's exactly these programs

where the shortcuts are missing.

 

 

 

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> Vista can be installed on any (permanent) disk it can see in your system. It

> will install boot files on the first drive in your BIOS.

>

> By changing things around, it sounds like you've got drive assignments not

> where Vista thinks they should be, causing this issue. Since this is a new

> installation, I'd strongly recommend starting over.

>

> --

> Charlie.

> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>

>

> "Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:D4E72C43-8A5F-4901-8431-591A778C891C@microsoft.com...

> > Well i found a guy in a forum who had the same problem as i had with the

> > missing BOOTMGR file and he decribed how he got this problem too.

> >

> > Like i have on my pc, he had an IDE-disk and a SATA2-disk, and installed

> > Vista on the SATA2-disk. The problem is by doing so, Vista places it's

> > boot

> > files on the IDE-disk and since vista is installed on SATA2, it's not

> > possible to boot Vista. What he said that could be done, was first to

> > unplug

> > the IDE-disk. Then boot on the Vista cd and make a repair there. Then plug

> > the IDE-disk into the pc again, and vista should be able to boot without

> > problems with the with or without the IDE-disk. It worked perfectly to me.

> >

> > I'm pretty sure nothing is wrong here, but oh well. You may never know.

> >

> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> >

> >> "solved the problem with boot manager"? You'll need/want to tell us what

> >> you

> >> did there. My guess is something you probably shouldn't have.

> >>

> >> --

> >> Charlie.

> >> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

> >>

> >>

> >> "Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:B6DC75A8-952F-4801-ADF2-0E6080521A6C@microsoft.com...

> >> > Hey

> >> >

> >> > Everytime i install a program, game or just someting, it doesn't put a

> >> > shortvut on the desktop or in the start menu, even if it normally does.

> >> > The

> >> > software can still be found in "Program Files", and in the controlpanel

> >> > (hope

> >> > that's what's called in english)

> >> >

> >> > I'm using Vista 64-bit, which i just installed yesterday. In the first

> >> > few

> >> > hours, software got installed and placed their shortcuts as thye

> >> > should,

> >> > but

> >> > then the problem came.

> >> >

> >> > If i remember right the problem came after i've solved the problem with

> >> > "BOOTMGR" because i have SATA2 and an IDE harddisk.

> >> >

> >> > /Denno

> >>

>

[Guest R. C. White]

Re: Shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu are missing,

 

Hi, Denno.

 

Every Windows since at least WinNT4.0 has installed in TWO parts:

1. A few startup files into the System Partition.

2. The rest of Windows into the \Windows folder on the Boot Volume.

 

When there's only a single hard drive and only a single partition, good old

Drive C:, everything goes into that Drive C:. It's not even obvious that

there are two parts.

 

But when there are multiple hard drives or multiple partitions on a single

hard drive, things can get more complicated - and confusing if we forget

that 2-part structure. And when we mix different drive interfaces

(IDE/ATA/PATA, SCSI, SATA, etc.) the BIOS can play tricks on us. Older

BIOSes ALWAYS tried first to boot from IDE, even if WE wanted to boot from

the SCSI drive. Newer BIOSes have more options, but we have to study the

manual to learn the right settings, and your BIOS is probably different from

mine.

 

Ambiguous and counterintuitive terminology also makes it hard to explain

clearly. We boot from the System Partition and keep the operating system

files in the Boot Volume. See KB 314470:

Definitions for system volume and boot volume

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314470/EN-US/

 

When you "installed Vista on the SATA2-disk", the Boot Volume was created

there, the \Windows folder was created there, and all those GBs of files I

mentioned under Part 2, above, went there. But the start-up files (Part 1,

above), including the bootmgr file, went to the System Partition, which was

on the drive then designated in your BIOS as the boot device - and that,

apparently, was your IDE drive.

 

This is a completely normal situation, Denno. Vista (and earlier Windows)

is quite happy to start the boot-up on IDE and then, using instructions it

finds in bootmgr and the hidden \Boot folder there, find Vista on the SATA

drive and load it from there. But it would be just as happy to start from a

System Partition on the SATA drive - if you adjust the BIOS or drive cable

configuration.

 

If you remove the IDE drive completely and have only the SATA connected when

you boot from the Vista DVD to install, then Setup will have no choice but

to put the startup files (including bootmgr) into the Active (bootable)

primary partition on that SATA drive. You can tell Setup to "install" Vista

into that same partition, or to use (and even to create, if necessary) a

different partition on that drive. Whichever volume you specify will become

the boot volume and will be assigned the letter Drive C:. If it is not the

same as the System Partition, then that partition will get the next

available letter, most likely Drive D:.

 

What often happens - and may have happened in your case - is that both the

IDE and SATA drives are connected when we run Setup by booting from the

Vista DVD. We say to install Vista on Drive V: (or whatever), which is on

the SATA drive, and all those Part 2 files are written to V:\Windows, but

the BIOS shows the IDE as the boot device, so bootmgr is written to the IDE.

When the installation is all done, we remove the IDE and the SATA becomes

the boot device - but there are no startup files on it, so Vista cannot boot

from it.

 

To get those startup files onto the SATA drive, you'll need to run Setup

again. But you should not have to run the whole thing. When it gets to the

part about "repairing" the startup files, just have it create the needed

files on the SATA drive. Then you should be good to go. Later, you can

plug in the IDE and set your BIOS to boot from your choice of either the IDE

or the SATA.

 

RC

--

R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

 

"Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D4E72C43-8A5F-4901-8431-591A778C891C@microsoft.com...

> Well i found a guy in a forum who had the same problem as i had with the

> missing BOOTMGR file and he decribed how he got this problem too.

>

> Like i have on my pc, he had an IDE-disk and a SATA2-disk, and installed

> Vista on the SATA2-disk. The problem is by doing so, Vista places it's

> boot

> files on the IDE-disk and since vista is installed on SATA2, it's not

> possible to boot Vista. What he said that could be done, was first to

> unplug

> the IDE-disk. Then boot on the Vista cd and make a repair there. Then plug

> the IDE-disk into the pc again, and vista should be able to boot without

> problems with the with or without the IDE-disk. It worked perfectly to me.

>

> I'm pretty sure nothing is wrong here, but oh well. You may never know.

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

>

>> "solved the problem with boot manager"? You'll need/want to tell us what

>> you

>> did there. My guess is something you probably shouldn't have.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>>

>> "Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:B6DC75A8-952F-4801-ADF2-0E6080521A6C@microsoft.com...

>> > Hey

>> >

>> > Everytime i install a program, game or just someting, it doesn't put a

>> > shortvut on the desktop or in the start menu, even if it normally does.

>> > The

>> > software can still be found in "Program Files", and in the controlpanel

>> > (hope

>> > that's what's called in english)

>> >

>> > I'm using Vista 64-bit, which i just installed yesterday. In the first

>> > few

>> > hours, software got installed and placed their shortcuts as thye

>> > should,

>> > but

>> > then the problem came.

>> >

>> > If i remember right the problem came after i've solved the problem with

>> > "BOOTMGR" because i have SATA2 and an IDE harddisk.

>> >

>> > /Denno

>>

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu are missing,

 

Well, by all means, ask your danish expert.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5FEA8578-65F6-4F8A-BE9A-C6092B77A8A3@microsoft.com...

> The guy where i got this help from explained in detail (in Danish though)

> on

> how Vista accidantly puts it's boot files on the IDE, and his solution

> worked

> fine for me, so i will stick to his point of view on this problem.

>

> I was wondering if i should try reinstalling Vista. Just a lot of work.

>

> Another thing I've noticed is that it's typical those programs that get

> installed in the folder "Program Files (x86)" that's exactly these

> programs

> where the shortcuts are missing.

>

>

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

>

>> Vista can be installed on any (permanent) disk it can see in your system.

>> It

>> will install boot files on the first drive in your BIOS.

>>

>> By changing things around, it sounds like you've got drive assignments

>> not

>> where Vista thinks they should be, causing this issue. Since this is a

>> new

>> installation, I'd strongly recommend starting over.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>>

>> "Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:D4E72C43-8A5F-4901-8431-591A778C891C@microsoft.com...

>> > Well i found a guy in a forum who had the same problem as i had with

>> > the

>> > missing BOOTMGR file and he decribed how he got this problem too.

>> >

>> > Like i have on my pc, he had an IDE-disk and a SATA2-disk, and

>> > installed

>> > Vista on the SATA2-disk. The problem is by doing so, Vista places it's

>> > boot

>> > files on the IDE-disk and since vista is installed on SATA2, it's not

>> > possible to boot Vista. What he said that could be done, was first to

>> > unplug

>> > the IDE-disk. Then boot on the Vista cd and make a repair there. Then

>> > plug

>> > the IDE-disk into the pc again, and vista should be able to boot

>> > without

>> > problems with the with or without the IDE-disk. It worked perfectly to

>> > me.

>> >

>> > I'm pretty sure nothing is wrong here, but oh well. You may never know.

>> >

>> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

>> >

>> >> "solved the problem with boot manager"? You'll need/want to tell us

>> >> what

>> >> you

>> >> did there. My guess is something you probably shouldn't have.

>> >>

>> >> --

>> >> Charlie.

>> >> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> "Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:B6DC75A8-952F-4801-ADF2-0E6080521A6C@microsoft.com...

>> >> > Hey

>> >> >

>> >> > Everytime i install a program, game or just someting, it doesn't put

>> >> > a

>> >> > shortvut on the desktop or in the start menu, even if it normally

>> >> > does.

>> >> > The

>> >> > software can still be found in "Program Files", and in the

>> >> > controlpanel

>> >> > (hope

>> >> > that's what's called in english)

>> >> >

>> >> > I'm using Vista 64-bit, which i just installed yesterday. In the

>> >> > first

>> >> > few

>> >> > hours, software got installed and placed their shortcuts as thye

>> >> > should,

>> >> > but

>> >> > then the problem came.

>> >> >

>> >> > If i remember right the problem came after i've solved the problem

>> >> > with

>> >> > "BOOTMGR" because i have SATA2 and an IDE harddisk.

>> >> >

>> >> > /Denno

>> >>

>>

[Guest Denno]

Re: Shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu are missing,

 

That pretty much is what i got told, and the way you said to solve it was

exactly the same i did.

´

Because of my other problem I've described on the top, i'm pretty sure i

will reinstall Vista. Just a last thing i want to be sure:

If i remove the IDE-disk before i start installing vista, and plug it into

the pc again when Vista is up and running again, will i then get these boot

problems again?

 

"R. C. White" wrote:

> Hi, Denno.

>

> Every Windows since at least WinNT4.0 has installed in TWO parts:

> 1. A few startup files into the System Partition.

> 2. The rest of Windows into the \Windows folder on the Boot Volume.

>

> When there's only a single hard drive and only a single partition, good old

> Drive C:, everything goes into that Drive C:. It's not even obvious that

> there are two parts.

>

> But when there are multiple hard drives or multiple partitions on a single

> hard drive, things can get more complicated - and confusing if we forget

> that 2-part structure. And when we mix different drive interfaces

> (IDE/ATA/PATA, SCSI, SATA, etc.) the BIOS can play tricks on us. Older

> BIOSes ALWAYS tried first to boot from IDE, even if WE wanted to boot from

> the SCSI drive. Newer BIOSes have more options, but we have to study the

> manual to learn the right settings, and your BIOS is probably different from

> mine.

>

> Ambiguous and counterintuitive terminology also makes it hard to explain

> clearly. We boot from the System Partition and keep the operating system

> files in the Boot Volume. See KB 314470:

> Definitions for system volume and boot volume

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314470/EN-US/

>

> When you "installed Vista on the SATA2-disk", the Boot Volume was created

> there, the \Windows folder was created there, and all those GBs of files I

> mentioned under Part 2, above, went there. But the start-up files (Part 1,

> above), including the bootmgr file, went to the System Partition, which was

> on the drive then designated in your BIOS as the boot device - and that,

> apparently, was your IDE drive.

>

> This is a completely normal situation, Denno. Vista (and earlier Windows)

> is quite happy to start the boot-up on IDE and then, using instructions it

> finds in bootmgr and the hidden \Boot folder there, find Vista on the SATA

> drive and load it from there. But it would be just as happy to start from a

> System Partition on the SATA drive - if you adjust the BIOS or drive cable

> configuration.

>

> If you remove the IDE drive completely and have only the SATA connected when

> you boot from the Vista DVD to install, then Setup will have no choice but

> to put the startup files (including bootmgr) into the Active (bootable)

> primary partition on that SATA drive. You can tell Setup to "install" Vista

> into that same partition, or to use (and even to create, if necessary) a

> different partition on that drive. Whichever volume you specify will become

> the boot volume and will be assigned the letter Drive C:. If it is not the

> same as the System Partition, then that partition will get the next

> available letter, most likely Drive D:.

>

> What often happens - and may have happened in your case - is that both the

> IDE and SATA drives are connected when we run Setup by booting from the

> Vista DVD. We say to install Vista on Drive V: (or whatever), which is on

> the SATA drive, and all those Part 2 files are written to V:\Windows, but

> the BIOS shows the IDE as the boot device, so bootmgr is written to the IDE.

> When the installation is all done, we remove the IDE and the SATA becomes

> the boot device - but there are no startup files on it, so Vista cannot boot

> from it.

>

> To get those startup files onto the SATA drive, you'll need to run Setup

> again. But you should not have to run the whole thing. When it gets to the

> part about "repairing" the startup files, just have it create the needed

> files on the SATA drive. Then you should be good to go. Later, you can

> plug in the IDE and set your BIOS to boot from your choice of either the IDE

> or the SATA.

>

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

>

>

> "Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:D4E72C43-8A5F-4901-8431-591A778C891C@microsoft.com...

> > Well i found a guy in a forum who had the same problem as i had with the

> > missing BOOTMGR file and he decribed how he got this problem too.

> >

> > Like i have on my pc, he had an IDE-disk and a SATA2-disk, and installed

> > Vista on the SATA2-disk. The problem is by doing so, Vista places it's

> > boot

> > files on the IDE-disk and since vista is installed on SATA2, it's not

> > possible to boot Vista. What he said that could be done, was first to

> > unplug

> > the IDE-disk. Then boot on the Vista cd and make a repair there. Then plug

> > the IDE-disk into the pc again, and vista should be able to boot without

> > problems with the with or without the IDE-disk. It worked perfectly to me.

> >

> > I'm pretty sure nothing is wrong here, but oh well. You may never know.

> >

> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> >

> >> "solved the problem with boot manager"? You'll need/want to tell us what

> >> you

> >> did there. My guess is something you probably shouldn't have.

> >>

> >> --

> >> Charlie.

> >> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

> >>

> >>

> >> "Denno" <Denno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:B6DC75A8-952F-4801-ADF2-0E6080521A6C@microsoft.com...

> >> > Hey

> >> >

> >> > Everytime i install a program, game or just someting, it doesn't put a

> >> > shortvut on the desktop or in the start menu, even if it normally does.

> >> > The

> >> > software can still be found in "Program Files", and in the controlpanel

> >> > (hope

> >> > that's what's called in english)

> >> >

> >> > I'm using Vista 64-bit, which i just installed yesterday. In the first

> >> > few

> >> > hours, software got installed and placed their shortcuts as thye

> >> > should,

> >> > but

> >> > then the problem came.

> >> >

> >> > If i remember right the problem came after i've solved the problem with

> >> > "BOOTMGR" because i have SATA2 and an IDE harddisk.

> >> >

> >> > /Denno

> >>

[Guest Denno]

Re: Shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu are missing,

 

I've just reinstalled Vista 64-bit and installed a few security software +

other stuff, and already now i can see that i get the same problem as i

started out with. Some shortcuts are missing.

 

Here's what I've found out so far:

 

- Programs where you can choose to make these shortcuts, these programs

place their shortcuts (If you choose to do so).

 

- Programs that install themselves in "Programs Files" make their shortcuts,

where as progams that install themselves in "Program Files (x86)" don't, even

if they normally do so.

 

- The programs where the shortcuts are missing, they can be found in the

controlpanel or find it manually in c:/program files (x86)/...

 

 

"Denno" wrote:

> That pretty much is what i got told, and the way you said to solve it was

> exactly the same i did.

> ´

> Because of my other problem I've described on the top, i'm pretty sure i

> will reinstall Vista. Just a last thing i want to be sure:

> If i remove the IDE-disk before i start installing vista, and plug it into

> the pc again when Vista is up and running again, will i then get these boot

> problems again?