Hmm. I just went to Control Panel | Security and Maintenance, and I don't see any AV program listed. I wonder why that is? And this is on a business computer inside a firewall (which is being managed...

I don't know how to fix your icons moving around, but there is a freeware tool that can let you save their location and then reset them once they get changed. Check out Download DesktopOK 4.24

The name of the shortcut must be the same as the name as the .exe to which it's pointing. :o

I'm talking about pressing <Windows> and typing in a shortcut name that lives in
C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs.

Simply put, it doesn't find the shortcut....

Personally, I don't trust the links under "This PC". Instead, I put my most-frequently accessed folders up under what used to be "Favorites" (sorry, I don't remember what it's called in Win10). If I...

Since your CD doesn't work, go to the company's website and download the drivers and (re-)install them.

I don't know how to fix your problem, but there is a nifty freeware tool that will remember where your icons were and restore them for you. Check out Download DesktopOK 4.21

That's great! It works! Thanks!

Supposedly the Search functionality searches the directory tree C:\Users... Well I created a subfolder in that tree (C:\Users\myname\My Start Menu) and in that subfolder I have a shortcut to an .exe....