Tidying up

[fbg40]

Hi
I have an awful lot of shortcuts in my Start menu/programs, although there are several that are from the same company. i.e. I have three from Canon, loads from Microsoft etc. Is it possible to group these within the start up/programs under one heading, i.e. Canon progs, MS progs. I just want to "tidy things up a bit"
Many thanks
FBG40

[VHG]

I do this all the time on Windows XP.

But explaining how to do it in words is not that easy.

Maybe someone knows an easy way to explain it.

I will try and explain

If you are on XP then RIGHT click on the Start word at the bottm (the actual word) and select "Open All Users" or "Explore All Users" and this does display the Start menu as folders.

You can then create a new folder in there called "Microsoft" for example and it will apear on your Start menu.

From the same window you can then use Cut and Paste to move the stuff from one folder to the other.

[VHG]

I found this that may help

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup /personalize/startmenu.mspx#2

See the second section titled "Reorganize the folders in your All Programs menu"

This is for XP but I assume a similar thing will work if you are on Vista (I dont have a vista PC to hand at the moment)

[rojash]

The only catch is, if you move a shortcut (menu option) from its original location, if you later uninstall the program, you will have to manually delete the shortcut, as the uninstaller won't be able to find it.

[fbg40]

Thanks for all the answers. Will have a peep and see what I can do. Thanks again
FBG40

[fbg40]

Just an update - VHG tried your method - brilliant !! Many thanks
FBG40