[WriteLog] "Edit WriteLog.ini" missing from WL Start Menu folder in Win10?

[Don AA5AU]

I did what Joe suggested. In my non-Admin account, I dragged my "Edit WriteLog.ini" icon that was on my desktop into the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenu\Programs\WriteLogV11 location. I then looked into the WL start menu folder and it was not there. I did a restart of the PC (and a full Shutdown) and still not there. I logged into the Admin account and it was there! It showed "new" next to it. I logged into a different non-Admin account and it's there showing "new" next to it. I log back into the original non-Admin account and it's not there.
I re-installed the last update from the Admin account and it put new shortcuts in the Start Menu. I confirmed this by the time/date of the shortcuts as shown in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenu\Programs\WriteLogV11 location.
"Edit WriteLog.ini" is still not in the start menu of the account I normally use. It is in the Admin and other non-admin account.
Something else I did that Windows 10 did not like. I deleted "Edit WriteLog.ini" from C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenu\Programs\WriteLogV11 from the Admin account. I then verified it was missing in all three accounts. I restarted the PC then put the shortcut back in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenu\Programs\WriteLogV11 manually. When I did that, it crashed File Explorer every time I looked in that folder.

Also, when I went to look at the items in the WL folder in the start menu, it immediately closed the start menu too but only when I tried to look in the WL folder.
I re-installed my last upgrade to WL and it fixed the crashes of File manager and the Start menu, but "Edit WriteLog" is still no showing in the one non-admin account that I normally use. It is showing in the other two accounts.
Later I may uninstall/reinstall WriteLog to see if that fixes the problem but it's a strange one.

73, Don AA5AU 


      From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com>
 To: writelog at contesting.com 
 Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2015 9:41 AM
 Subject: Re: [WriteLog] "Edit WriteLog.ini" missing from WL Start Menu folder in Win10?
   

On 8/9/2015 6:18 AM, Steve AI9T wrote:
 > I'm wondering if a reinstall of Writelog would fix this issue?

I doubt it but one can try.  It would take a full installer for
your current registration key.

However, one can create the missing shortcut ...

1) right click on the desktop and select New | Shortcut
2) Enter the following for the location:
    C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe 
"%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\Windows\writelog.ini"
3) Click "Next" and Enter "Edit WriteLog.ini" as the shortcut name.
4) click Finish

You now have the shortcut on your desktop.  To get it into the
Start Menu.
1) Using Windows Explorer, navigate to:
    C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenu\Programs\WriteLogV11
2) Copy or Move the shortcut from your desktop to the WriteLogV11
    directory (depending on whether you want a copy of the shortcut
    to remain on your desktop)

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV




On 8/9/2015 6:18 AM, Steve AI9T wrote:
> I'm wondering if a reinstall of Writelog would fix this issue?
>
> 73
>
> Steve AI9T
>
> On 8/8/2015 11:45 PM, Don Hill AA5AU wrote:
>> CORRECTION! This is not the path, but the command that "Edit
>> WriteLog.ini" invoked.
>>
>> C:\Windows\notepad.exe "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Virtual
>> Store\WriteLog\writelog.ini".
>>
>> 73, Don AA5AU
>>
>>
>>
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