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295014	2004-11-22 09:49:00	Many months ago a thread was posted on these forums regarding an inability to right click on the start menu, and in effect not allowing the user to sort his start menu effectively . 2 months ago I installed servicepack 2, and this problem decided to invade my once perfect workspace . After investigation and coming up with an appropriate solution, I set out to remedy my issue . The saviour it seemed, was to be located in the "taskbar and start menu" properties, under customize (for the xp menu, not classic), in the advanced tab . After asking around, I determined that something was missing . In the start menu box, I was told there was an option to "enable drag and drop" . Alas, as you can clearly see in the attached picture, it is not :( . Nor is it a stand alone option . Any help regarding where on earth my little drag'n'drop friend has gone would be much appreciated :~) Cheers Spotila	spotila (6435)
295015	2004-11-22 09:55:00	www.spotyo.orcon.net.nz	spotila (6435)
295016	2004-11-22 19:22:00	Found this in Google: Unable to right-click on the folders or shortcuts in the Start Menu: When you right-click on a folder or a shortcut in the Start Menu, the context menu does not appear . Also, dragging and dropping of files/folders in the Start Menu may not be work . To solve the problem, enable the "Enable Dragging and Dropping" Option in your Start menu properties . Follow these steps: For Classic Start Menu Right-click Taskbar, Properties, click Start Menu tab, choose Customize Enable the option "Enable Dragging and Dropping . " For New Start Menu Right-click Taskbar, Properties, click Start Menu tab, choose Customize Click "Advanced" tab and enable the option "Enable Dragging and Dropping . " NOTE: If the option Enable Dragging and Dropping is not available, it's due to a policy setting . If your system is in a Domain, contact the Network admin . If not try this: Start Registry Editor (Regedit . exe) and navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer Backup the registry before editing it . See instructions about registry backup In the right-pane, set the NoChangeStartMenu value to 0 in the above key . -or- Use the following REG file . Copy the contents to a notepad and save as a . REG file ("filename . reg) . Then, double-click the saved file and save information to registry . -------------Cut ->------------------ Windows Registry Editor Version 5 . 00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoChangeStartMenu"=dword:00000000 -------------<- Cut------------------	CYaBro (73)
295017	2004-11-22 20:39:00	Hey Spotila, I clicked on your link and guess what? not only is your option gone but all I saw was a blank page. Is that your link or my browser?	theotherone (1421)
295018	2004-11-22 23:42:00	copy n paste the link into your browser :~x I tried editing the registry to fix the policy setting. Low and behold, the "NoChangeStartMenu" binary doesn't even exist! The are only a few entries in here: NoActiveDesktop NoDriveTypeAutoRun NoLogoff NoSMHelp NoUserNameInStartMenu If you could give a me a more detailed explanation on how to enter the part between the ---cut---- ---cut---- thing, that would be appreciated :~ Cheers~	spotila (6435)
295019	2004-11-22 23:46:00	Cause I get an error when I Copy the contents to notepad and save as a .REG file ("filename.reg), then double click the saved file and save information to registry. "Cannot import c:\documents:Error opening the file. There may be a disk or file system error" D:	spotila (6435)
295020	2004-11-22 23:51:00	mmmk update, I managed to get it entered into the registry, well atleast it says it has. Though in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer , there is no change. No new entries have been added :(	spotila (6435)
295021	2004-11-23 00:52:00	Check your . reg file that you made . Make sure that it just has the following: Windows Registry Editor Version 5 . 00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoChangeStartMenu"=dword:00000000 Also, make sure that you take out the space in the word Policies (otherwise it looks like Polici es)	CYaBro (73)
295022	2004-11-23 03:48:00	ok I've successfully got the entry into the registry. Even so it doesn't appear anything has changed. There still is no option to enable drag n dropping in the customize-->advanced list of start menu option :~	spotila (6435)
295023	2004-11-23 04:25:00	Try checking this setting. IE/ Tools/ Internet Options/ Security/ Internet/ Custom Level/ Drag and Drop or Copy and Paste. If no luck try this site for a "Drag and Drop" XP fix. The zip file is a direct link to down load the file (21kb). here (www.aumha.org) zipfile (aumha.org) hth	johnboy (217)
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