WTH? 'Documents' disappeared from start menu

[zulu9812]

Well, this is wierd. I was browsing the web with Opera 7.23, when it crashed with no error message. I went to the start menu to go and restart Opera, when i noticed that the Documents link (which should be under 'Programs' has disappeared. I have other user accounts on this PC, and the documents link is in the start menu under those account. Operating system is Windows 2000 SP4. Here is a pic of my account (with the fault).

 

[Ankka]

Interesting... Did it come back after rebooting? No idea wht could cause that, really...

 

[zulu9812]

Nope, rebooting had no effect

 

[Turner]

Right click on the Start Menu, select Open/Explore. Doesn't matter which one. Although I've never seen it happen, I suppose it could suddenly be 'hidden'. Make sure you can view hidden files, too.

Not sure how to get this back. Drag and drop my documents to that folder? I dunno. . .

Edit: Well, I just made my documents hidden in my start menu. Didn't change a thing. Using Windows XP Pro.

 

[kcwong]

Open REGEDIT, check these two places.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] (Unlikely, since other user accounts is not affected)

See if you have this DWORD defined.

Name: NoSMMyDocs
Data type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disable restriction, 1 = enable restriction)

If it is 1, change it to zero. Restart and see your Documents menu come back.

If not, ask again... I'll try to find other causes.

Also be very careful... what could change your registry to disable your Documents menu without you knowing it?...

 

[zulu9812]

Well, I've run full virus & ad-ware scans - nothing came up. I'll give that registry think a try, thanks.

 

[zulu9812]

Thanks kxwong, your registry edit works, although for Win 2k it seems to be "NoRecentDocsMenu" rather than "NoSMMyDocs" (for future reference)

Thanks again

 

[kcwong]

Originally posted by zulu9812
Thanks kxwong, your registry edit works, although for Win 2k it seems to be "NoRecentDocsMenu" rather than "NoSMMyDocs" (for future reference)

Thanks again

Oops! "NoSMMyDocs" is for ME/XP. I pasted the wrong lines.
Glad that you've solved the problem.