[ChineseYeti]

The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the Start
Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office folder in "All
Programs." They both function fine if you open an existing document, but I
can't start a new document without going through an existing one. Any ideas
what happened to them and how I get them back.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No idea what become of them, but they're easily recreated. Use Windows
Search to find winword.exe and excel.exe. In the Search Results window,
right-click and choose Create Shortcut. You'll get a message saying you
can't create a shortcut there and asking if you want it on the desktop. Say
yes. Then drag the shortcut from the desktop to the Start menu.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ChineseYeti" wrote in message
...
The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the Start
Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office folder in
"All
Programs." They both function fine if you open an existing document, but
I
can't start a new document without going through an existing one. Any
ideas
what happened to them and how I get them back.

[ChineseYeti]

Thanks. They still aren't under the Microsoft Office folder, but putting
them on the Start menu worked fine.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

No idea what become of them, but they're easily recreated. Use Windows
Search to find winword.exe and excel.exe. In the Search Results window,
right-click and choose Create Shortcut. You'll get a message saying you
can't create a shortcut there and asking if you want it on the desktop. Say
yes. Then drag the shortcut from the desktop to the Start menu.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ChineseYeti" wrote in message
...
The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the Start
Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office folder in
"All
Programs." They both function fine if you open an existing document, but
I
can't start a new document without going through an existing one. Any
ideas
what happened to them and how I get them back.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can add them to the All Programs part of the Start menu as well.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ChineseYeti" wrote in message
...
Thanks. They still aren't under the Microsoft Office folder, but putting
them on the Start menu worked fine.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

No idea what become of them, but they're easily recreated. Use Windows
Search to find winword.exe and excel.exe. In the Search Results window,
right-click and choose Create Shortcut. You'll get a message saying you
can't create a shortcut there and asking if you want it on the desktop.
Say
yes. Then drag the shortcut from the desktop to the Start menu.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ChineseYeti" wrote in message
...
The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the
Start
Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office folder
in
"All
Programs." They both function fine if you open an existing document,
but
I
can't start a new document without going through an existing one. Any
ideas
what happened to them and how I get them back.

[dans]

I have the same problem as the originator and I tried the listed solution but
a search of the C drive does not find winword.exe either. Any idea how I can
find that file
dans


"ChineseYeti" wrote:

The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the Start
Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office folder in "All
Programs." They both function fine if you open an existing document, but I
can't start a new document without going through an existing one. Any ideas
what happened to them and how I get them back.

[Graham Mayor]

Enter %programfiles%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11 (where 11 is the Office
version - here Office 2003)
in the address bar of your Windows Explorer or browser and if winword.exe is
not in that folder, you will have to re-install it from the original
installation disc.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



dans wrote:
I have the same problem as the originator and I tried the listed
solution but a search of the C drive does not find winword.exe
either. Any idea how I can find that file
dans


"ChineseYeti" wrote:

The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the
Start Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office
folder in "All Programs." They both function fine if you open an
existing document, but I can't start a new document without going
through an existing one. Any ideas what happened to them and how I
get them back.