Windows Update KB898461 trashed my Start Menu

[droidbot7000]

After automatically installing Windows Update KB898461 on 6/29/05 and restarting XP I got a message like "The Registry was corrupted during install process...Restoring previous successful registry....process successful. (Not in those exact words)
Then I opened the Start Menu. It looks the same, but when I hover over or click All Programs or any other submenu they don't appear. I had Control Panel set up as a submenu but when I clicked it it appeared in category view. I also can't view all my Quick Launch folders as submenus...they appear in Explorer mode as well.
I right-clicked Start/Explore All Users and the subfolders and shortcuts I had before are all still on the hard drive, they just don't show up.
I went to Windows Update site and viewed my update history, then clicked on this update and it said I could uninstall it through Add/Remove Programs, but it's not listed there. How can I get my Startmenu back?

 

[pjblevin]

You could try "system file checker"........it checks for missing or corrupted system files. Here's how to do it: Start>run>type in "cmd" (without the quotes)>type in "sfc /scannow" (with space after sfc)>click "enter".........let sfc run.

pjblevin

 

[pr0t3st]

After automatically installing Windows Update KB898461 on 6/29/05 and restarting XP I got a message like "The Registry was corrupted during install process...Restoring previous successful registry....process successful...

I went to Windows Update site and viewed my update history, then clicked on this update and it said I could uninstall it through Add/Remove Programs, but it's not listed there. How can I get my Startmenu back?

I don't think the KB898461 update is the culprit -- just installed it and restarted without any problems. More than likely it's something else... Btw, this update cannot be uninstalled; click on link to view more information.

 

[droidbot7000]

THANKS to everyone for the help so far, and I apologize for the multiple threads. Please direct all replies to this thread :http://forums.techguy.org/t378376.html