should have read OEMS aren't committed and that's because MSFT forces them
into a contract not to provide it and neither of the entities making huge
profits from MSFT customers gives a damn about customers recovering. Dell
claims to be providing a Vista DVD when you pay them one to four grand for
their hardware.

CH

"Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message
news:eT5Vjh8UHHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Tim--
>
> You don't have a Vista DVD because the company who makes it called MSFT is
> gready and they forced the OEM named partner or whomever sold it to you
> not to provide it. We will hear this thousands of times until Blackcomb
> and then we'll hear it again. MSFT just can't get it into their heads to
> provide the Win RE envivonment to its end user customers.
>
> They don't feel committed and Mike Brannigan will jump up to the stage on
> cue and say lol that the OEMs are committed. Ain't no one gives a damn who
> takes your money if you get the way to use Win RE.
>
> 1) Try a restore point or points.
> 2) Try typing in search shell:name of shorcut <Enter>
>
> CH
>
>
>
> <tim.england@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1171848957.260821.75860@q2g2000cwa.googlegrou ps.com...
>> Help.
>>
>> I cleaned up some shortcuts and folders in Start Menu/All Programs. I
>> saw something called Programs that I didn't see before (and it was
>> empty), so I deleted that, too. I then emptied the Recycle Bin.
>>
>> To my shock, I realized that the Programs folder was a shortcut to c:/
>> ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start/Programs, so now I have lost all
>> the standard Windows shortcuts that I need -- like Accessories,
>> Windows SUA, and Administrative Tools (!).
>>
>> I had done a full backup, but C:/ProgramData was not in the list of
>> things that gets backed up.
>>
>> I do not have a Vista install CD, since I purchased the Vista Upgrade
>> online, and downloaded it.
>>
>> How in god's name can I recover these important links?
>>
>> Desperate...
>>
>