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Old 07-09-2007   #1 (permalink)
Sabian Smith


 
 

Start menu confusion: where are the shortcuts stored?

My Vista Start Menu is a disaster ever since I went into a directory to
re-arrange it (I like to merge items into broader categories ex. Utilities,
to clean up the default start menu). I want to do this so all users
profiles are affected (I would prefer one start menu for all users). I now
have duplicate start menu items that cannot be deleted or moved??

I think this is because I am re-arranging the start menu shortcuts in the
wrong directory. I note there are TWO physical directories where Vista
seems to look for Start Menu items:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

C:\Users\<myUserid>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Start Menu

Why are there two directories, and which should i modify to re-arrange
things?

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