Windows 10: installed program not showing in start menu

I use PicPick because the Windows Snipping Tool one has too few options.

 

thanks the programs and features uninstall window now seems to be populated I am certain it had a listing for date modified, unticked it and chose installed on, which is normal now can't see an option for date modified......strange huh

 

You mean this one right?




Or this one?

 

the first one.....

looked at picpick but can't afford that so,found monosnap looks good, now I can take screenshots*Biggrin

 

operation completed successfully.....now rebooting

 

returned to date modified.....strange

 

Click "View" in the menu bar at the top. the choose details

 

seems to be staying as it should be with date installed....and guess what ? programs I installed before and new ones installed just now are showing up as new installed programs, also are in the program menu and can be pinned to the start menu, so your suggestion seems to have worked......just hope it says this way, do you have any idea what could have caused this ? if stable for a week or so will back a true image backup...
thanks so much for your help, support and patience.

 

You're welcome*Biggrin

 

as a matter of curiosity do you know which part of the ' sequence ' you gave me resolved the issue. also would like to know what I did to get into that situation, to avoid it again and lastly, could you put that sequence in a batch file ? would be handy to keep with my Arsenal of repair utilities.

thanks again

 

First of all here is the batch file with a shortcut that runs it as admin(elevated):

ClassicMaint.zip

As to which part resolved the issue, I have no idea. I use this batch to repair(or at least try to) the system when anything isn't working as it should. If a file is corrupted or missing Windows can either find a copy on the system, or if need be, download it from Microsofts servers.

I guess some kind of corruption caused it, either a .dll or more likely in the WinSxS folder.

 

thank you so very much

 

just wondered......if I use a program, think it's called a mobile version, doesn't install...e.g. copytrans shelbee....where the .exe is just pasted into the 'C' hdd then a shortcut created, can I use the procedures given earlier to add this to the start programs and pin to the start menu. ???

 

seems to be happening again...but this time on my PC ..just installed sync toy from Microsoft and freefilesync and none showing in all apps....maybe I need to run the command files cliff S gave me before....

 

just. heckled my laptop and the freefilesync I installed shows in recently added apps, but on the PC it doesn't...

also so on the laptop it shows as installed ' new' want to get this the same on my PC will run the command line sequence and see if it fixes it as it did the laptop.....don't know why it's gone wrong though