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Start Menu
Msconfig .....go to the start menu and untick those programmes you dont want to run on startup .but might want to use later Bob Msconfig is for the programs that run and sit in the Systray, the Start Menu contains shortcuts. Not true. Msconfig is a diagnostic tool, and the programs listed in it's 'Startup' tab are

Removing "my documents"
A small (but growing) group of us is wondering if we can get an = answer from Microsoft on this problem (original thread was "Start Menu = Trick" and there are several related threads). After installing IE4, why = do the start menu and Explorer delay a full second before executing programs?

Prevent changes to Start Menu in active desktop?
Force Start Menu to Refresh For those of us who have as many programs on our flash cards (SD card, CF card, etc.) and who are frustrated with the PocketPC Start Menu icons reverting to the generic "cannot find file" icons, I finally have a fix. Problem ------- The Start Menu icons on Pocket PC revert to generic

Can I add an item separator to the start menu somehow?
Kelly theri...@cajun.net microsoft public win98 gen_discussion Hi Em, This is due to the fact that your Start Menu is taller than the height of the windows desktop. To customize the Start Menu, follow these steps: Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Taskbar & Start Menu. On the Start Menu Programs tab,

Kill scroll in start menu?
Brian K. Pearcy pear...@gcstation.net microsoft public win98 gen_discussion Hello Scott, There are a few ways to move the Start menu shortcuts around: -- If you have IE5, you can drag and drop while the start menu is expanded (after left-clicking on Start); you can also delete the shortcuts by right-clicking and

How Can I: Sort Start Menu (Registry Tweak)?
How do I get the start menu programs list to sort itself alphabetically like it did before IE4 screwed with explorer? I've checked everything, from the registry to hidden files, but I just can't seem to find where it's saving the settings. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Chad Hjelle by...@techie.com PS

start menu to large
NoCommonGroups HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Data type Range Default value REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0 Description Removes items in the All Users profile from the Programs menu on the Start menu. Only items in the current user's user profile appear. This entry stores the setting of the

Clarification On Customizing Start Menu
Group start menu items by type or by software vendor. Example: I tossed all the shortcuts for help files and software that adds additional support for hardware into one folder. The results were one single "Hardware" folder that contains 16 subfolders. This helped to shorten the start menu considerably and I'm still

Cascading Menu on Start Menu
Is there a way to force all new start menu icons to be placed in the All Users folder? I have notcied that most apps will install to this location but some will install to the user's start menu folder. I install a lot of things for test purposes and like to keep my start menu tidy, and this behavior just makes

Start Menu order
Debra Earle theb...@intranet-works.com microsoft public windowsnt misc Programs that are found under the AllUsers Start Menu are going to show for literally "all users" -- everyone who logs in. They are considered "common" items. Add to that the programs found under each individual's Start Menu, which will show for

A Weird Start Menu Problem! (40K screen shot)
Policy settings for the Start menu in Windows XP http://support.microsoft. com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q292504 Policy: Remove user folders from the Start Menu Description: Removes all user-specific folders except My Documents (My Pictures, My Music, Favorites, and Recent Documents) from the Start menu.

Right-click Start Menu?
I am not a scripting guy but you may be able to test to figure it out: Use the Shell object and use the "Pin to Start Menu" verb to achieve the result. Below is a sample code that should work on a genric case. One more thing I notice was that the Pinned items are per user and not global.

I'm confused by the Start menu
Tom Porterfield tppor...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp newusers On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 05:03:43 GMT, "Joe" <joejaszc...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:044601c2a265$025e0d30$d5f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA12: I recently tried a tip from PC Magazine that said to allow you to delete items from your start menu without deleting them

Lost start menu icons? Force Start Menu to refresh!
On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 11:36:27 +0100, in message <tn739.691$aa5.46092@newsfep1-win. server.ntli.net>, "Annika Karhunen" <a.karhu...@virgin.net> scrawled: simple question I never paid any attention but would appreciate it now: I use Win 98 and untill recently have not had too many programs to scroll down the start menu.

start menu
It is telling you that items in the \family\Templates\Start Menu folder will be included in the Start Menu. It is the location of your personal Start Menu. Does that help your problem? Assuming the name of the user with the problem is 'family', these values would normally be: %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu and

Registry Question RE Start Menu Order
Rich rmart...@windyattbi.com stardock desktopx OK, I figured out how to get the basic start menu by configuring the object as a shortcut opening the start menu. The problem is that if I choose the start menu from the drop down menu I just get the basic start menu including programs, favorites, my documents, etc.

Programs not in other users start menu
There is a Registry setting that can disable Start Menu Right click. I'm attaching a VB Script file that toggles this setting to disabled or enabled, depending on its current state. When I disable the right click on mine, it does it for things from Programs down, but not the added stuff above programs like Office

Start Menu Question
->I'm looking to get my Start Menu appearing in the context ->menu of right-clicking the desktop. You know the thing - ->like Unix, or LiteStep for Windows. I've experimented with ->creating a new file type, and trying to get a new Action ->going for that type. -> ->If you could have a program to show the Start

Win 98 Start Menu\Program list
I found the problem, the directory itself must be a system directory, that solved the problem... ie.. attrib +s "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Net Apps" thanks for the help! Hi, Who can help me on a solution for the following: I wanna place a shortcut in the start menu, pointing to a network-directorystructure,

How do I Invoke the "Start Menu"?
The IE5 install seems to activate a registry sorting value but since there is a built in resort function for IE5 users (for both Favorites and Start menu items) the fix is usually simple... For any list you wish to reset -- right click on any gray area of the popup menu and select "Sort by Name".