Group Start Menu items

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Charles W Davis

I am working on a Computer Club member's computer. She is sight impaired, so
the screen resolution is very low. This causes the start menu> all programs
listings to be off the screen making more than half of them inaccessable to
the user. I would like to assemble several under a generic name so that all
can be accessed. Similar to Microsoft Office has several. Likewise
OpenOffice.

Any suggestions?
 
Charles said:
I am working on a Computer Club member's computer. She is sight
impaired, so the screen resolution is very low. This causes the start
menu> all programs listings to be off the screen making more than
half of them inaccessable to the user. I would like to assemble
several under a generic name so that all can be accessed. Similar to
Microsoft Office has several. Likewise OpenOffice.

Any suggestions?
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Create a new folder on the desktop and name it what you want. Drag this new
folder to the Start button and wait until the menu appears, drag and drop
the folder to Programs, then all you need to do is open the Programs
selection and add the applications to the folder you created.
 
Charles W Davis said:
I am working on a Computer Club member's computer. She is sight impaired, so
the screen resolution is very low. This causes the start menu> all programs
listings to be off the screen making more than half of them inaccessable to the
user. I would like to assemble several under a generic name so that all can be
accessed. Similar to Microsoft Office has several. Likewise OpenOffice.

Any suggestions?
Click to expand...


Right click on the Start button and select Explore from the menu.
Right click on the Start button again except this time select Explore All Users.
You should now have these two folders opened, substituting the name of her user
account where it says HerAccount.

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
C:\Documents and Settings\HerAccount\Start Menu

Her start menu is constructed by combining the content of these two folders.
You can organize them just as you would any folder on the computer. Create
subfolders in the Programs folder to group security programs, games, etc..
You can move program shortcuts into any folder you want.

Take a look at the second part of this article, "Reorganize the folders in your
All Programs menu", for more information.

Customize your Start menu
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/personalize/startmenu.mspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Charles W Davis said:
I am working on a Computer Club member's computer. She is sight impaired,
so the screen resolution is very low. This causes the start menu> all
programs listings to be off the screen making more than half of them
inaccessable to the user. I would like to assemble several under a generic
name so that all can be accessed. Similar to Microsoft Office has several.
Likewise OpenOffice.

Any suggestions?
Click to expand...

Thank you. Mission accomplished.
 
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