Another Stupid Problem - Magical Start Menu

[jellybeard999]

I've tried deleting a start menu item (Cyberlink PowerDVD folder) and it deletes, but then returns at next startup

I've tried via the menu itself, and the mydocuments folders.

Any ideas ?

 

[MarcLister]

Perhaps there is something in the registry re-creating the folder? Search for Cyberlink or PowerDVD and see if you can find anything that refers to a folder?

 

[korbk]

Any ideas ?

Hi

I presume the PowerDVD application is still installed and you are just trying to remove the shortcuts from the start menu?

If that is the case then it sounds to me like the application is 'self-repairing' itself (you delete a component, windows puts it back again!). This a common feature of applications installed by the 'Windows Installer' service; they usually have setup files called '{installpackagename}.msi'. Some have .exe extension, but actually call a .msi file that is extracted from the exe file.

You can check if this is what's happening by looking in the Event Viewer for entries with a source of 'MsiInstaller', they will mention missing features or components.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to stop this behavior, but you may be able to resolve it if the application's installation gives you a choice of whether you want start menu shortcuts or not. If it does then you could uninstall the application and then reinstall choosing not to create the shortcuts.

Hope this helps

K

 

[this_is_gav]

Recent PowerDVD versions are awful for this. Whether it's a bug or a mildly evil publicity ploy (to get users to use it instead of WMP) I've no idea. Last time I looked, around 4 months back, there was no obvious fix for this.

 

[m4cc45]

It's the product.

Basically uninstall it and reinstall it and when it asks where you want the start menu choose a location out of sight.

Had exactly the same problem myself.

Alternatively you can create a startup batch file that removes it.




M.