Privacy Remover Affected WIndows 7

SoildSnake · 2 Jan 2011 at 21:55

Strange question hear; i used a program called advanced privacy sweeper; i must have selected too many things to clean since it removed the programs that i placed in the start menu; not the recently opened but ones i added manually; now i cannot seem to drag and drop short cuts there; any ideas on what to do?

Thanks

SoildSnake · 3 Jan 2011 at 13:55

Deleted member 77746 · 3 Jan 2011 at 14:02

You have restarted? Have you tried a system restore few days back?

SPARC · 3 Jan 2011 at 14:07

Is it possible the program has disabled context menus and drag and drop in start menu properties ?

SoildSnake · 3 Jan 2011 at 16:59

Yes i have restarted / shutdown etc. I don't want to use restore now since i have done stuff since then

What is the context menus and how do i re-enable that. I have made sure that the option "enable context menus and dragging and dropping" is ticked but i still cannot copy shortcuts to the start menu

SPARC · 3 Jan 2011 at 17:21

SoildSnake said:
I have made sure that the option "enable context menus and dragging and dropping" is ticked but i still cannot copy shortcuts to the start menu

Yeah that's what I was talking about, It was the obvious choice but sadly didn't work.

System restore literally takes minutes.

SoildSnake · 3 Jan 2011 at 21:16

Surly there is another way around it; plus system restore my not resolve the issue

KIA · 4 Jan 2011 at 16:37

What happens when you right-click a short-cut and select 'Pin to Start Menu' ?

SoildSnake · 5 Jan 2011 at 13:35

then it goes the the dock; the tasks at the bottom but i want some shortcuts to the start menu; as in clicking on start/windows then just above the "all programs" and search bars

SoildSnake · 5 Jan 2011 at 16:09

And i cannot use system restore because the program deleted them as well!

SoildSnake · 6 Jan 2011 at 14:55

KIA · 7 Jan 2011 at 09:51

SoildSnake said:
then it goes the the dock; the tasks at the bottom but i want some shortcuts to the start menu; as in clicking on start/windows then just above the "all programs" and search bars

The dock? The task bar? You sure you're not selecting pin to task bar?

SoildSnake · 7 Jan 2011 at 13:15

Sorry if i have not explained it well; i can pin shortcuts to the task bar; as in the bottom of the screen; either by drag and drop pr by right click; pin to taskbar. However i want some shortcuts on the start menu (not sure if its called that) you know where your most recently opened programs would be. If i right click there is no option for pin to start menu; also if i try to drag and drop there is a red "restricted" sign.

SPARC · 7 Jan 2011 at 14:41

It sounds like this privacy cleaner has done goofed up.

SoildSnake · 7 Jan 2011 at 18:59

indeed; so does anyone know a solution?

I guess i could reinstall windows; not full just a repair. If i did this would all my programs/settings be the same?

SoildSnake · 8 Jan 2011 at 12:21

Any ideas?

Blue160 · 8 Jan 2011 at 13:21

To sum up: this piece of crapware has borked your windows installation. You need to reinstall and use better software in future.

SoildSnake · 8 Jan 2011 at 13:44

Would a "repair" install be good enough; so that i don't have to reformat / reinstall any programs etc?

SimonC · 8 Jan 2011 at 13:54

Before you do/try anything, backup everything you need just in case...
Doing a repair is going to do what, fubar the install even more, its borked as it is by the sounds of it.

Blue160 · 8 Jan 2011 at 15:00

I've never had a repair install work properly. Much better to back up and clean install. Plus this will get rid of whatever it is you were trying to keep private