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Start Menu: Windows Help and Support Button Missing (Right Pane)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 8:41 am
Posted by agoodfella (145 messages posted)

The Windows Help and Support button is missing from the right pane of my Start Menu. Can anyone help figure out why this is and how to restore it? Here is a picture of what I am talking about: http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=startmenuwp2.jpg Many thanks!

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re: Start Menu: Windows Help and Support Button Missing (Right Pane)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 9:12 am
Posted by Shawn (610 messages posted)

Hi adoodfella,

Check in the Start menu Customize properties window to make sure that "Help" is checked. 
This tutorial will show you how to if needed.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/89656-start-menu-customize.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

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re: Start Menu: Windows Help and Support Button Missing (Right Pane)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 9:20 am
Posted by agoodfella (145 messages posted)

Thanks for your reply Shawn. Oddly, I don't see the "Help" option in the drop down menu under Customize? Also, I noticed that when I try and pull up Help and Support manually and select it, the Search Menu pulls up... Something is strange....


On Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 9:12 am, Shawn wrote:
>Hi adoodfella,
>
>Check in the Start menu Customize properties window to make sure that "Help" is checked.
>This tutorial will show you how to if needed.
>
>http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/89656-start-menu-customize.html
>
>Hope this helps,
>Shawn
>

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re: Start Menu: Windows Help and Support Button Missing (Right Pane)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Posted by Shawn (610 messages posted)

agoodfella,

Did you by chance use a method like the one in this tutorial to replace the "Help 
and Support" button in the Start menu with "Search" instead?

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/134065-search-context-menu-item-restore-after-vista-sp1.html


Does Help open when you click on Computer and click on the ? help icon?

Shawn

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re: Start Menu: Windows Help and Support Button Missing (Right Pane)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Posted by agoodfella (145 messages posted)

Shawn are you sure that link is correct? I might have way back when, but if I did, I'd like to get the Help and Support back, can you help? Thanks again


On Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 12:35 pm, Shawn wrote:
>
>Did you by chance use a method like the one in this tutorial to replace the "Help
>and Support" button in the Start menu with "Search" instead?
>
>http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/134065-search-context-menu-item-restore-after-vista-sp1.html
>
>
>Does Help open when you click on Computer and click on the ? help icon?
>
>Shawn
>

There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.

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re: Start Menu: Windows Help and Support Button Missing (Right Pane)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Posted by agoodfella (145 messages posted)

I found it odd that in the Taskbar properties --> Start Menu --> Customize options that HELP does not appear as an option to "tick" or "untick" .... what gives?


On Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 4:37 pm, agoodfella wrote:
>Shawn are you sure that link is correct? I might have way back when, but if I did,
>I'd like to get the Help and Support back, can you help?
>
>Thanks again
>
>
>

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re: Start Menu: Windows Help and Support Button Missing (Right Pane)
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 10:44 am
Posted by Shawn (610 messages posted)

Sorry agoodfella,

It should be this link below instead. Click on the "Restore Help and Support" in 
Option One to see if that will fix it for you. It restores the default values back 
for Help.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/145787-search-start-menu-button-restore-after-sp1.html

Shawn

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