Start Menu In Windows XP - Please Help!

While trying to get my system rebuilt from a recent virus disaster, I have been unable to get my start menu in working order.

For the longest time, the Start>All Programs would not display anything. I finally got it to work (sort of), but now it displays programs from both my Documents and Settings/(user) account and the Documents and Settings/all users account. All of the start menu program folders are displayed twice when Start>All Programs is displayed.

Somehow, a copy of the Start menu programs wound up in a TEMP folder in My Documents. When I looked at the aida32 profile, the Programs menu in the System Folders looked like this:

C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\TEMP\Start Menu\Programs

This is how one of the other folders is displayed:

Administrative Tools C:\Documents and Settings\Steve\My Documents\TEMP\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools

The path that is currently displayed on Start>All Programs looks like this:

C:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Start Menu\Start Menu\Programs

and then:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs

I would like to get All Programs to display this path only:

C:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Start Menu\Programs

I also need to get the Administrative Tools folder moved to the user menu. I have tried to cut and paste, but then I lose the All Programs display. I can re-do the User accounts or change the folder paths if necessary, but I was wondering if anyone out there can tell me how to do this.

Thanks very much for any help. Let me know if further info is needed.

 

What steps did you take that got it to work?

Take a look at the link below and see if you followed this procedure.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/AllPrograms.htm

Steve

 

Dear Steve,

I'm sorry I did not reply sooner; I've been out of pocket.

Your suggested linked proved to be the answer I've been looking for.

I used the TweakUI and FolderRedirector utilities recommended by the windowsxp help site. I was a little afraid to do the direct registry changes myself, but I learned enough from this to do it through the registry next time.

Most of problem has been cured. I have had to move some files manually. I did not want to try to copy, cut, and paste some of the folders, so I have been moving files individually. I'm close to being done now.

Anyway, the folder shells and paths have been corrected thanks to you!

By the way, my name is Steve, too!

Best regards and thanks again!