In Windows Vista, My computer is renamed as just Computer. With default configuration it should be shown in the start menu as below.
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1UkMMBGA8eQ/Se7wrcItOhI/AAAAAAAAAb4/u7b-UAATwhw/s320/startmenu_computer.jpg)
In case if you are not seeing this link, you can enable it by doing the following steps.
- Right click on Start button.
- Select Properties
- Make sure that Start menu tab is the active tab
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1UkMMBGA8eQ/Se7wyUIoAoI/AAAAAAAAAcI/O7407HOjk1E/s320/startmenu_customize.jpg)
- Select customize against the start menu/classic start menu depending on which one is selected
- Now you will see Customize start menu window
- You can see that for the node ‘Computer’, ‘Don’t display this item’ is enabled. Change it to either of ‘Display as a link’ or ‘Display as a menu’.
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1UkMMBGA8eQ/Se7w0qMvhCI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/_hjA4iz9pzY/s320/startmenu_computerenabled.jpg)
- Press OK and close the windows.
- Now you can see ‘Computer’ in the start menu.