How to add shortcuts?

[Curt]

I have started out somewhat carefully, because I really am an IT anaphabet and don't understand IT-English.

This is my first LaunchBar:

The tree is showing the content of (Win2K) Start > Programs, and Start > Programs > Aux. (:'Tilbehør'), and Start > Programs > Aux > System Tools.

Start > Programs is okay; all the programs are listed.
Start > Programs > Aux. > System Tools, is okay too.
But Start > Programs > Aux is most certainly not okay!

Notice how all these 11 shortcuts are missing from (Win2K) Start > Programs > Aux.:
LauncBar Commander (!!!), PopUp Wisdom (!!), URLSnooper2 (!!), BrowserTraySwitch (!!), MySoftwareFactory (4 programs), ZIPGenius6 (3 programs), GIMP, Paint, Calculator (‘Lommeregner’), Games (‘Spil’) and Communication (Netmeeting, HyperTerminal, etc.).

(As you know, the darker grey (left) is Win, and the lighter (right) is LaunchBarCmd):

- and, no, they are not listed in ‘Programs’ or 'System Tools' either.

Can I add these shortcuts myself?
 

[mouser]

i know the problem - it has to do with windows keeping multiple start menu folders, one for the user, and one for all users.

ok so, here is what you should do:
first, as a temporary measure, create a new folder contents menu in the tree and select "StartMenu" from the drop down folder contents list, instead of "AllStartMenu".

now you will have 2 start menu buttons, which combine to show you what you see on your normal start menu.

then in the coming week or so i will correct the behavior to show all from BOTH the all start menu and user start menu, which i thought i already did.

[Curt]

then in the coming week or so i will correct the behavior to show all from BOTH the all start menu and user start menu,

-mouser (October 29, 2006, 04:56 AM)

"in the coming week" !!! Wow; That is fast!  'they' usally say 'maybe at next update...'
   

[mouser]

let me pre-empt the reply by someone on the forum and offer this caveat:
one week usually means two weeks
one month usually means five months
one year usually means when the sun burns out

 

but i do try my best!!

[Curt]

i know the problem - it has to do with windows keeping multiple start menu folders, one for the user, and one for all users.

ok so, here is what you should do:
first, as a temporary measure, create a new folder contents menu in the tree and select "StartMenu" from the drop down folder contents list, instead of "AllStartMenu".

now you will have 2 start menu buttons, which combine to show you what you see on your normal start menu.

then in the coming week or so i will correct the behavior to show all from BOTH the all start menu and user start menu, which i thought i already did.

-mouser (October 29, 2006, 04:56 AM)

"which i thought i already did."
- well, maybe you did.
I did not follow the manual 100%; I did not choose StartMenu or AllStartMenu from the drop down folder contents list, but I directed the "Root Folder to Display" to  C:\Documents and Settings\Curt\Menuen Start\Programmer\Tilbehør
- so maybe there is nothing for you to correct (except me)??

[mouser]

ah!
maybe!
try it, try choosing the special AllStartMenu folder contents, and see if it displays.

another advantage of using the special folders choices, is that Launchbar Commander is designed to work on a USB stick, and will auto grab the proper directories in this case.

[Curt]

try choosing the special AllStartMenu folder contents, and see if it displays.

-mouser (October 29, 2006, 05:25 AM)

Oops! "No items to display"!!??

[Curt]

I changed User ('Curt') to All Users, but ...


- notice that 'Tilbehør' (Aux.) is displaying nothing

This is really confusing me - I do not understand what I did wrong this time.
??

[Curt]

- and why did Commander suddenly give me this greeting:
At this point of time the program had been working well for hours.

This was before I changed the path from User to All Users.

Could there be something wrong?

[mouser]

1. the menus arent updated until you close the tree configurator.
2. you might want to make a backup of your configuration launchbar files while you are experimenting, just in case.
3. AllStartMenu is not working for you?  what windows operating system version are you using?

[Curt]

1. the menus arent updated until you close the tree configurator.
"At this point of time the program had been working well for hours"
-and, I could add, working well after re-boot as well.

2. you might want to make a backup of your configuration launchbar files while you are experimenting, just in case.
I will do that when I install the program again.

3. AllStartMenu is not working for you?  what windows operating system version are you using?
Win2K Pro - version 5, SP4, Danish.

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Most likely there is nothing wrong with your program, but during this 'studycase' of LaunchBar Commander my PC began to be unstable. After re-boot several icons did not display in SysTray as normal. After 15 (FIFTEEN) re-boots and a lot of trying this and trying that, it now seems to work almost normally again, but two icons are still missing. I guess I'll have to re-install / repair Windows, but I don't have the installation-CD anymore, so for now I'll just have to accept things as they are.

I think I will install your program again tonight,
but right now I wanna see some ball being played. 
- it's late afternoon here in Denmark.

[Curt]

3. AllStartMenu is not working for you? 

-mouser (October 29, 2006, 08:46 AM)

I never got the program to show all shortcuts, so now I have removed it from my PC, and will await an update, if so will be.

[mouser]

i'll be looking into it - there's no reason it shouldnt be fixed soon.