I don't want the classic menu. I just want the search option gone. 5 FIVE
checkboxes to unselect, and it's still there. Yes, you can type in it like
run, but the problem is it completely negates single-character shortcuts to
menu items, so no ability to press C for control panel or D for documents.
Sure, it'll generally catch what I want if I type out the whole thing, but
that makes this 'feature' more work than before. I can choose whether to add
or remove just about every other feature of the Start Menu but this one. Why
can't MS be consistent?
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Tried the classic menu yet?
>
> In the new Vista menu, the search box has functionally replaced the run box
> (which, by the way, still pops up if you hit Winkey+r and can still be added
> to the start menu). The theory behind it, based on input from test groups,
> is to eliminate as many steps as possible in accessing anything on the
> system or the internet. No more opening the program or prompt and then
> inputting what you want - you simply type it into the search box. If you
> don't want to search from the start menu, then don't - open your preferred
> browser first.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:72E54F1F-50AE-4621-AE09-1AE8F5B61415@microsoft.com...
> >I have edited the start menu properties and unchecked or deselected FIVE
> > different search options, but STILL the Start Menu displays the 'Start
> > Search' box as the default choice when I open it. Thus, I can no longer
> > CTRL+ESC or Window-key then R for run or C for control panel. I DONT WANT
> > TO
> > SEARCH THE INTERNET FROM MY START MENU!!!
> >
> > Can anyone help with removing this awful annoying bar so that a menu is
> > just
> > a menu? Keyboard shortcuts are USELESS when the default option is a
> > text-entry box.
>
>