[mtbopfuyn]

Thanks.

[Aliska]

I can't find the path for freecell and calculator to see where the .exe is supposed to be (without spending an inordinate amount of time on it).

Accessories>Accessibility, Communications, Entertainment, Address Book, Calculator, Command Prompt, Notepad, Paint, Program Compatibility Wizard, Scanner and Camera Wizard, Synchronize, Tour Windows XP, (untitled.bumpfetter.bmp - must be some junk that got on mine), Windows Explorer, Windows Movie Maker, System Tools. Each one has a pop out menu with more.

Sorry I can't be a better help. I hate it when things like that happen.

[Khepera]

Try

%SystemRoot%\system32\calc.exe

[Aliska]

Correction, only the first three and last item I mentioned have pop out menus for more.

[Grut]

Quit screwing around: Ubuntu 7.04/Firefox/Thunderbird.

[tomkat]

Assuming you're familiar with Windows Explorer and have, like most, C: as your root drive (where Windows is installed):

a) Open Windows Explorer

b) Navigate to the locations listed below

c) Right click on each .exe entry and click 'create shortcut'

d) The new shortcut should show up right under the app you're working on (do them one at a time)

e) Right click/drag each new shortcut to the folder in your Start Menu where you usually access them

f) Be certain you're dragging the shortcut and not the .exe file ! (there should be a little arrow on the shortcut)

This will do nothing for the underlying reason for their disappearance but at least you'll have access til you/someone on the scene can sort it out.

Calculator > C:\System32\calc.exe

Sound Recorder > C:\System32\sndrec32.exe

Volume Control > C:\System32\sndvol32.exe

Paint > C:\System32\mspaint.exe

Solitaire > C:\System32\sol.exe

Hearts > C:\System32\mshearts.exe

Freecell > C:\System32\freecell.exe

MineSweeper > C:\System32\winmine.exe

Spider > C:\System32\spider.exe

Outlook Express > C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe

* Pinball > C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Pinball\pinball.exe

* Reversi > C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone\Windows\Rvsezm.exe

*Spades > C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone\Windows\shvlzm.exe

* your system may/may not include these

[tomkat]

Damn ! Left out part of the paths !

Corrected ones below:

Calculator > C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe

Sound Recorder > C:\Windows\System32\sndrec32.exe

Paint > C:\Windows\System32\mspaint.exe

Solitaire > C:\Windows\System32\sol.exe

Hearts > C:\Windows\System32\mshearts.exe

Freecell > C:\Windows\System32\freecell.exe

MineSweeper > C:\Windows\System32\winmine.exe

Spider > C:\Windows\System32\spider.exe

[FlyVet]

I tried to do a System Restore but it won't let me.

By "System Restore", do you mean "System Recovery"? At least that's what HP calls it.

I had major problems with mine after I accidentally messed up the boot sector. I tried System Recovery and it wouldn't work. It had me pulling my hair out for a few days, until I got one of their phone technicians to ask me if I had changed my hardware configuration in any way.

I had. I added a CD burner, a hard drive, and my old keyboard.

She told me I must restore my system to original hardware configuration for the System Recovery to work.

After I did that, it worked like a charm.

It ticked me off that they don't include that indispensable little tidbit of info in their troubleshooting guide.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

If all else fails, take the CD that you got with the computer and reinstall the whole operating system.

[mtbopfuyn]

Update - Windows Media is also missing although it can be gotten to in a round about way through the files so I don’t know yet if it’ll even record or just run the files already there.

[editor-surveyor]

Those programs should be .exe files in the main Windows directory. All you have to do is right click them to the menu that you want them in and pick “Make short cuts here”

[org.whodat]

Do a system restore, and back your computer up a couple of weeks.

[JerseyHighlander]

replace the weak microsoft calc with “microtools4U calculator”. Much better calc.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I havn’t read all the replies on this thread...but have you tried doing a repair install of Windows XP from your CD?

[farmboy232]

Well I don’t know if you have done a system restore or not, but heres some steps for getting your Calculator shotcut:

1. Right click an empty space on your desktop.
2. Click new, then click shortcut.
3. A window appears. Type in “calc” into the blank space.
4. Click next. Type in a name you want for the shortcut.
5. Click finish. Your done and presto. You have calculator back.

[southerngal07]

go to start menu
click on control panel
click add/remove programs
click add/remove program components
(make sure only accessoried and utilities are checked)
click details
check accessories and check games
click ok
click next
wait for everything to be reloaded
click finish
you will need to restart your computer

hope this helped
=)