A couple of us in our organization have new VMs with Win 2008, and the "Pin to Start Menu" doesn't show up as an option when we right-click a program. Also, the start menu is entirely empty. Any ideas on how to get it working?
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Are you logged in with temporary or mandatory profiles? – Chris S Oct 03 '11 at 12:40
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I'm not familiar with that, how/where can I check? I am local admin on my VM. – NealWalters Oct 04 '11 at 12:04
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Also, Visual Studio doesn't seem to remember the "Most recent" projects. So it would imply that we cannot save to our profile? – NealWalters Oct 04 '11 at 12:05
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Is the server part of a Domain? Do you use Roaming Profiles? Run `%userprofile%` and see what directory comes up; if it says "TEMPn.xyz" then you've got a temporary profile; if the folder is your username check for a ntuser.man file (might be hidden/system). – Chris S Oct 04 '11 at 12:23
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It is my username. There are some other ntuser files, but no ntuser.man. – NealWalters Oct 06 '11 at 13:23
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Is the server part of a Domain? Did someone mess with the Default profile before these VMs were deployed? Sounds like a fubar profile, though it could be GPO if you're part of a Domain. – Chris S Oct 06 '11 at 13:28
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Yes, it is part of domain (should have said that earlier), and I'm logging on with Domain Account. I wouldn't be surprised if it is a Group Policy; but would like to know what to intelligent ask them to change. – NealWalters Oct 06 '11 at 17:38
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There's so many possible settings in GPO that could screw it up, I wouldn't know where to start listing them. Whoever is in charge of GPO *should be* knowledgeable enough about the settings they've put in place to quickly identify the problem however. If this isn't the case, you may be out of luck until it's a priority for them to fix. – Chris S Oct 06 '11 at 17:48