Dragged a folder from Start Menu to desktop

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DaveA
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Dragged a folder from Start Menu to desktop

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We have a Windows 7 Starter machine in which the Acronis folder was dragged from the menu to the Desktop.

How do we get it back to the Start menu under All programs?
I am so far behind, I think I am First :evilgrin:
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Re: Dragged a folder from Start Menu to desktop

Post by HansV »

You can drag it back, holding down the mouse button until you're finished:
- Drag the folder from the desktop to the start button.
- Wait until the start menu pops up.
- Drag the folder to All Programs.
- Wait until All Programs appears.
- Drag the folder to the position where you want it.
- Release the mouse button.
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Re: Dragged a folder from Start Menu to desktop

Post by PaulB »

Is this a trick question, Dave?

Drag the shortcut in question to hover over the Start orb until the start menu opens. Hover over All Programs until it opens. Drop the shortcut in the All Programs list.


Edit: Oops, not quick enough!
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Re: Dragged a folder from Start Menu to desktop

Post by DaveA »

Thanks to BOTH of you. We were trying to do it from within Windows Explorer and all we could get was "You do NOT have permission .................................."
I am so far behind, I think I am First :evilgrin:
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