Okay n/m tried one more thing figured out the primary problem.

now the problem that irks me most since it was my fave part of the game

WC2 Spec Ops aren't showing up :(


Win7 64 bit Home Premium
Intel Core I7 950
16GB DDR3
Geforce 560, and 460
1.5 TB main drive
500GB, and 1TB secondary with a 3TB external.

For WC1 theOC amd SM1 use the same short cut,SM2 uses a seperate short cut, for WC2 each of the seperate games has its own shortcut.

You should have gotten them when you installed, they should be in the start menu listing, or found in the install folder.

If there not there I sugest you try and reinstall and make sure you get DESKTOP shotcuts.

hmm
when it created desktop shortcuts i figured it was all there, guess not..

but yup there they are in the start menu folder.
thanks a ton!

i've forgotten so much over the years.. now i feel old and dumb :)
meh, better off doing it to myself than having others do it to me :p