XP Home Program List dimensions

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Hi all,
Never done this before, so my apologies if I'm doing it wrong.

When I click All Programs, the list that appears is in columns about 3"/10cm
wide & runs off the page. While I can of course use Scroll, I'd rather have
it the normal way & I'm sure the column widths shouldn't be as large as they
are; there must be a way of resetting but being a novice I don't fancy
fiddling.

Has anyone come across this before? I'd be very grateful for any advice.

(by the way, everything else is fine)

Many thanks

Colin
 
With the Classic Start Menu, both of these need to be UNChecked.
XP Start Menu doesn't have Use Personalized Menus option.

XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and UNCheck:
Scroll Programs * |
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Classic Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button |
Scroll down to and UNCheck both of these:
Scroll Programs * |
Use Personalized Menus **
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

[*Specifies whether to display the items on the Programs menu as one long
scrolling menu or as horizontal pages. Depending on your screen resolution,
if you have more than 29 or 38 programs installed, and you select to have
one long scrolling menu, you can access the programs you don’t see
by clicking the arrow at each end of the list of programs.]

[**Specifies whether to turn on Personalized Menus.
Personalized Menus keeps the Programs menu clean by hiding items you haven't
used recently, while still keeping other programs easily accessible. You
can gain access to hidden programs by clicking the down arrow at the bottom
of the Programs menu.]

The columns are going to be as wide as the widest item. Look to see if you
have some really long file/folder name(s) that you can shorten up.

For example my longest item in the Start Menu is:
Outlook Express Freebie Backup
I could shorten it to:
OE Freebie Backup


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
Hi Wesley,

Many, many thanks. Very useful indeed.

Wesley Vogel said:
With the Classic Start Menu, both of these need to be UNChecked.
XP Start Menu doesn't have  Use Personalized Menus option.

XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and UNCheck:
 Scroll Programs * |
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Classic Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button |
Scroll down to and UNCheck both of these:
 Scroll Programs * |
 Use Personalized Menus **
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

[*Specifies whether to display the items on the Programs menu as one long
scrolling menu or as horizontal pages. Depending on your screen resolution,
if you have more than 29 or 38 programs installed, and you select to have
one long scrolling menu, you can access the programs you don’t see
by clicking the arrow at each end of the list of programs.]

[**Specifies whether to turn on Personalized Menus.
Personalized Menus keeps the Programs menu clean by hiding items you haven't
used recently, while still keeping other programs easily accessible. You
can gain access to hidden programs by clicking the down arrow at the bottom
of the Programs menu.]

The columns are going to be as wide as the widest item. Look to see if you
have some really long file/folder name(s) that you can shorten up.

For example my longest item in the Start Menu is:
Outlook Express Freebie Backup
I could shorten it to:
OE Freebie Backup


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
BigBoy said:
Hi all,
Never done this before, so my apologies if I'm doing it wrong.

When I click All Programs, the list that appears is in columns about
3"/10cm wide & runs off the page. While I can of course use Scroll, I'd
rather have it the normal way & I'm sure the column widths shouldn't be
as large as they are; there must be a way of resetting but being a novice
I don't fancy fiddling.

Has anyone come across this before? I'd be very grateful for any advice.

(by the way, everything else is fine)

Many thanks

Colin
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Keep having fun. :-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
BigBoy said:
Hi Wesley,

Many, many thanks. Very useful indeed.

Wesley Vogel said:
With the Classic Start Menu, both of these need to be UNChecked.
XP Start Menu doesn't have  Use Personalized Menus option.

XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and UNCheck:
 Scroll Programs * |
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Classic Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button |
Scroll down to and UNCheck both of these:
 Scroll Programs * |
 Use Personalized Menus **
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

[*Specifies whether to display the items on the Programs menu as one long
scrolling menu or as horizontal pages. Depending on your screen
resolution, if you have more than 29 or 38 programs installed, and you
select to have one long scrolling menu, you can access the programs you
don’t see
by clicking the arrow at each end of the list of programs.]

[**Specifies whether to turn on Personalized Menus.
Personalized Menus keeps the Programs menu clean by hiding items you
haven't used recently, while still keeping other programs easily
accessible. You can gain access to hidden programs by clicking the down
arrow at the bottom of the Programs menu.]

The columns are going to be as wide as the widest item. Look to see if
you have some really long file/folder name(s) that you can shorten up.

For example my longest item in the Start Menu is:
Outlook Express Freebie Backup
I could shorten it to:
OE Freebie Backup


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
BigBoy said:
Hi all,
Never done this before, so my apologies if I'm doing it wrong.

When I click All Programs, the list that appears is in columns about
3"/10cm wide & runs off the page. While I can of course use Scroll, I'd
rather have it the normal way & I'm sure the column widths shouldn't be
as large as they are; there must be a way of resetting but being a
novice I don't fancy fiddling.

Has anyone come across this before? I'd be very grateful for any advice.

(by the way, everything else is fine)

Many thanks

Colin
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