Hi Charles,

> My query at the terminal screen command prompt says that I have the  
> latest updater, but I can't find how to launch it. I am running 12.04,  
> which is now obsolete, and need to upgrade to the highest available  
> current LTS version.

12.04 LTS is still the latest LTS as I understand it and still being
supported.

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS

What does `lsb_release -a' show?

You can go from 12.04 to 12.10, then 13.04, etc.

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes

> Hopefully this will not only bring my version up to date (without
> losing other items I have installed!) but also fix the menu problem at
> the same time.

It *may* repair things.

Cheers, Ralph.

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