Posted at 2:20:02 PM in Recovery (36)
Luckily the missing menu items get moved to a location in the user's temp directory under c:\Documents and Settings\<user>\local settings\temp\smtmp. They usually show up in subfolders numbered 1 and 2. Nothing was in my 2 folder, but 1 had all the menu items.
Check this link: http://www.thecomputergroup.com/blog/how-to-restore-missing-desktop-icons-and-start-menu-items-after-malwarevirus-infection#comment-903