Re: DVD disks driving me mad


"pmj" <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I was a bit puzzled when you (& Boo) siad that it didn't seem to be
> there (though yes, she did say something like "at first glance") - I
> knew that it really *should* be there, so there must have been a very good
> reason if it *wasn't* asctually there!
>
> & that could have soon been put right.

But the Nero in question was the one on my old pooter, a different version.
>
>>> & if not, what happens when you enter "nero" (without the Quotes)
>>> into the Start>Run Box?
>>> That should Run the normal nero.exe Application, in the
>>> Program Files\Ahead\Nero\ Folder
>>
>> It opens the Nero Burning ROM
>
> Yep, it will do - I just wanted to make sure that you knew it would
> & that you had tried that.

If it's something to try in the start-run box you know I'll try it whether I
need to or not :-)
>
>>> BTW - If you Add the "/w" Switch to that Command, you get the "Nero
>>> Express" Interface to it - Nero StartSmart is also available from the
>>> Start Menu, or by Entering "nerostartsmart" (all one word, no spaces,
>>> no quotes) into the Start>Run Box
>>
>> Now there's a thing. From the start menu it appears as if I don't
>> have StartSmart, it's not listed. Well it wasn't till I just checked
>> after doing the start -run -nerostartsmart and now it's on the start
>> menu. Honestly it wasn't there before. Which ( and I know you'll not
>> believe this but it is true)
>
> LOL!!!
>
> There's actually a perfectly good reason (well several reasons) for
> that (if that's actually what was happening)!
> :-)

Phew!! So you'll now believe me when I say the gremlins have changed stuff
on the Medion which was set on the first visit to the bikesheds ? It wasn't
me 'cos I only had cause to find out yesterday since the settings were
changed.
>
>>... also explains why the Nero Burning Rom didn't show up on the start
>> menu before ( just Nero Express) I did as you posted earlier and
>> started it from the exe file.. Weird program this, hiding everything.
>
> I don't think that it's the *Program* (Nero) that's doing the Hiding?
>
> It's more likely to be windoze...

That I believe :-(
>
>>... Is it hiding anything more I wonder :-)
>
> Yes.
> Very probably.
> windoze does tend to have a habit of "Hiding" things that it thinks
> you might not need.
>
> It's a bit like all those "MRU" (Most Recently used) Lists, but in
> reverse!!! - it's sort of like an "LRU" (Least Recently Used) thing!!!
> :-)
>
> There's an Option in the start Menu Properties, which is called
> "Use Personalized Menus" - many Programs, such as M$ Word & Excel
> & Internet Explorer etc, have the *Option* of whether or not to Hide
> Items on the Menus which aren't accessed frequently (or recently?)
>
> It's called (by M$ & windoze "IntelliMenus"
>
> & that same Option is now available in WinXP, for the Start Menu...
>
> Most people have no idea that the Option even exists!

That's me :-)

> It's one of those things that either the OEM Manufacturer Sets as
> part of their windoze Installation, or they (the User) Enables it
> (or Disables it) once, very early on, shortly after they first start
> using WinXP (when they have a look at some of the Options that are
> available) & then forget all about it .
>
> For more Info about it, have a look at...
>
> HOW TO: Show All Items on the Start Menu or Favorites Menu
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230596

I like the way it says *click on start* which immediately opens the start
menu which hides the MS instructions :-)
>
> However...
> When I remembered about that Option just now, I was a little Confuzzled
> to see that that particular Option *doesn't* appear in the Start Menu
> Options in my Installation of Win XP!!!
>
> But then I twigged...
> The Option *does* appear in the Settings & Options, when you have
> the "Classic" Start Menu chosen, for the Style of it, but not in the
> Settings of the ordinary WinXP Start Menu!!!

Doesn't appear on mine either and I don't have the classic option ticked.
>
> But the Setting itself, (appears to) carry over from one to the other.
> It's an Entry in the Registry (like all those sort of things)...
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> \Software
> \Microsoft
> \Windows
> \CurrentVersion
> \Explorer
> \Advanced
>
> IntelliMenus - REG_DWORD
>
> That Value doesn't exist, by Default, (just the same as many Settings like
> that - Default Values are assumed) but when the Setting is
> *changed*, then that Value will appear in the Registry, or you can
> Create the value (in that Key) yourself & Set it to either 1 or 0
>
> HTH!
>
> & if that isn't the reason, then there are several other possible
> reasons, for what you say you saw.
>
> Don't forget - with Computers, (& windoze) you can *never* really
> be sure about anything!!!
>
> Just *looking* at stuff often seems to change things!!!
>
> & then, when you go back to check, you find that it's changed again,
> or disappeared, or reappeared.
> :-)

Or the gremlins have done something else with it :-)
--
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.


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