Reorganising Program Tree

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Ray

Is there any way to organise the program shortcuts in the
program tree into groups In folders created for the
purpose. So that This menu will not be so big and
unwieldy. Thank Ray.
 
Is there any way to organise the program shortcuts in the
program tree into groups In folders created for the
purpose. So that This menu will not be so big and
unwieldy. Thank Ray.
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The folders on the Start Menu? Sure.

Right click the start button and select Explore. This will open an Explorer
window with the focus on your account's start menu folders.

Right click on the start button again and select Explorer All Users. This
will open a second Explorer window with the focus on the start menu for All
Users.

Your start menu is a compilation drawn from these two sources. Shortcuts in
All Users, appear on everyone's start menus including yours. Shortcuts in
your folders, only appear on your start menu only. Folders to keep:
Programs, StartUp and Accessories. The rest of the folders you can keep,
remove, rename, whatever works best for you. Add new folders to group
similar programs if you'd like: Online, Graphics and so on.

You may find a method that works better for you but I usually start with
All Users. Once that is organized, I move on to the folders and shortcuts
in my account. You can click on the Start button periodically to show the
start menu and to see how things are shaping up.
 
Open My Computer and in the address bar type c:\documents and
settings\%username%\start menu\

You will see all files in your startmenu and from there you can create new
folders and drag and drop items.
Next in the address bar type c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\
and do the same. Your start menu will display your individual items and also
the shared items in the all users directory.


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Ray Taylor
(e-mail address removed)


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I'm also thinking of reorganising my startmenu | all programs. If I have a
folder called, for example, "utilities", in both "all users" and "username",
will the shortcuts under each be amalgamated into a single displayed folder
(if you see what I mean)?

Jim
 
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The folders on the Start Menu? Sure.

Right click the start button and select Explore. This will open an Explorer
window with the focus on your account's start menu folders.

Right click on the start button again and select Explorer All Users. This
will open a second Explorer window with the focus on the start menu for All
Users.

Your start menu is a compilation drawn from these two sources. Shortcuts in
All Users, appear on everyone's start menus including yours. Shortcuts in
your folders, only appear on your start menu only. Folders to keep:
Programs, StartUp and Accessories. The rest of the folders you can keep,
remove, rename, whatever works best for you. Add new folders to group
similar programs if you'd like: Online, Graphics and so on.

You may find a method that works better for you but I usually start with
All Users. Once that is organized, I move on to the folders and shortcuts
in my account. You can click on the Start button periodically to show the
start menu and to see how things are shaping up.

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
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TO SHARON Thankyou for the replys you gave to the
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questions I recently posted on the message board. the
information has been very useful. You are right about
holding down the shift key while using the send to menu
this does move the folders Thanks Ray
 
-----Original Message-----
Open My Computer and in the address bar type c:\documents and
settings\%username%\start menu\

You will see all files in your startmenu and from there you can create new
folders and drag and drop items.
Next in the address bar type c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\
and do the same. Your start menu will display your individual items and also
the shared items in the all users directory.

--
Ray Taylor
(e-mail address removed)


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Thankyou for your reply The information has been very
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usefull Ray
 
TO SHARON Thankyou for the replys you gave to the
questions I recently posted on the message board. the
information has been very useful. You are right about
holding down the shift key while using the send to menu
this does move the folders Thanks Ray
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You're most welcome, Ray. Glad to have helped.
 
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