What is the Start Menu path????

C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Start Menu ... where %username% is replaced with your login name.
This would be on XP.

Also note that if you want to make the change to be reflected for anyone that logs in, the path would be the same as above except use ALL USERS in place of %username%.

Thanks for the info!

what are the arguements and such for that, It says it cannot find the link when i click on it...

I know this is an older post, but hopefully someone will respond. I've recently been trying to get this same thing to work. I've got the "animated shortcut"docklet by A. Verhoeven, I can change the image, but am unable to get the path to get the start menu to come up. (I have also had a start docklet working separately, but it's not animated)

C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Start Menu ... (from reply 1)

Is the "..." at the end of the path shown significant of further info on the path, past the "start menu" (or just a link to the next part of the answer). I have tried a couple variations of user names, but still nothing! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

simple workaround:

open notepad and paste this in:

set wShell=wscript.createobject("wscript.shell")
wShell.sendkeys "^{ESC}"

save as "start.vbs" and have your shortcut point to it.

THANKS Bichur!!

I had seen your similar reply in a couple other related posts, but wasn't quite sure if it was the exact thing I needed. Any reason the other method seems to give some people trouble?

Thank you very much!

you're welcome.

Any reason the other method seems to give some people trouble?

I go no idea. I don't even understand the script.
I just see posts with this stuff and try them out. If they work, I hang on to them.