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Windows XP Pro SP2 - Editing Start MenuHi,
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Is it possible to edit the start menu other than by deleting items ?
My start menu is full to overflowing and I want to save space by grouping similar programs together such as Utilities,Dictionaries Etc.
Any advice will be welcome, many thanks in advance.
Oddjob99.
My start menu is full to overflowing and I want to save space by grouping similar programs together such as Utilities,Dictionaries Etc.
Any advice will be welcome, many thanks in advance.
Oddjob99.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I do this as follows. Dont know if it is the only way to do it but it works for me.
Open "My Computer" then double click on your hard disk icon.
This opens a window showing all the folders and files on your hard disk.
Double click on "Documents and Settings" and you now see a folder for "all users" and one for the userid you logon to Windows with.
Double click on either icon and you get another list of folders, and one of them is called "Start Menu"
Double Click on Start Menu and now you get a window with a number of folders and files, and these represent the entries on your start menu (they are probably in folder "Programs" .
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Open "My Computer" then double click on your hard disk icon.
This opens a window showing all the folders and files on your hard disk.
Double click on "Documents and Settings" and you now see a folder for "all users" and one for the userid you logon to Windows with.
Double click on either icon and you get another list of folders, and one of them is called "Start Menu"
Double Click on Start Menu and now you get a window with a number of folders and files, and these represent the entries on your start menu (they are probably in folder "Programs" .
more...
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Create a folder with any name you like, say Utilities (do this in the folder "Start Menu" NOT "Programs". This now becomes a group on your menu.
Now you can move entries from your "Programs" folder to your new Utilities folder.
Note you need to do this for both the "All users" folder and the individual named folder. Windows takes the entries from these two folders and "merges" them into the one menu.
NOTE: Dont move entries from your "All Users" folder to your individial named folder or vice versa, keep them separate.
I hope that makes sense.
Create a folder with any name you like, say Utilities (do this in the folder "Start Menu" NOT "Programs". This now becomes a group on your menu.
Now you can move entries from your "Programs" folder to your new Utilities folder.
Note you need to do this for both the "All users" folder and the individual named folder. Windows takes the entries from these two folders and "merges" them into the one menu.
NOTE: Dont move entries from your "All Users" folder to your individial named folder or vice versa, keep them separate.
I hope that makes sense.
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