[sf-lug] PCLinuxOS Start Menu icon disappeared

[jim]

    I, myself, don't know the answer but I'm 
responding in hopes that one of the other 
readers of this list will reply with helpful 
info. Here's my understanding of your problem: 

    "I decided to install PCLinuxOS. [Mom] did 
something to make the 'start menu' icon disappear.  
Alt-F1 still works to get the main menu.  
Anyone know how this could happen, or better 
yet, how to get the icon back?"


On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 10:03 -0800, Morgan. wrote:
> Sorry for lack of proper terminology, I think the label "start menu"
> is really a windows term.  On PCLinuxOS, it looks like a green
> triangle with a couple of circles around it. 
> 
> 
> I was visiting my family in Massachusetts in September, and my elderly
> mother's PC was limping along with old XP (very slow, too much junk
> installed).  I decided to install PCLinuxOS.  32bit Mate (I think).
> Worked great, ran well, and much faster. 
> 
> 
> 
> I just got the phone call.  She did something to make the "start
> menu"icon disappear.  Alt-F1 still works to get the main menu.  Anyone
> know how this could happen, or better yet, how to get the icon back?  
> 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> p.s. I meant to install a remote desktop package, but didn't make the
> time.  That will teach me.  Does anyone have any opinions or
> experience with either of these: 
> http://www.teamviewer.com
> http://www.tightvnc.com/
> 
> 
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