"Bob" <86c6c2e6-2146512712@xxxxxx> wrote:



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> In particular:
>
> IN XP, it is okay to place folders and shortcuts at the following
> path. Doing so will place them above all others in the "All
> Programs" menu.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
>
>
> IN VISTA, only shortcuts may be placed in the following path.
> Placing folders here will not work.
>
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>
> The only solution I've found is to go one deeper at:
>
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
>
> Any thoughts?

I've put several folders in the Start Menu folder, at the same level as
the Programs folder. They appear at the very top of the first window
that appears when I click "start". I didn't do anything special to get
them there, other than respond to a bunch of annoying elevation and
permission prompts.

Could it depend on the version of Vista? I'm running home premium.
Are you using an administrator account? That might make a difference.

To put folders in the Start Menu folder, I right-click the start button
and select "explore all users". Then I just copy/paste them where I
want them. Vista asks for permission for each move, of course.

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Ray
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What you are trying to do will work, just like it does in XP, if you choose
the Classic start menu in Vista.

Personally I prefer the classic menu, but if you want the added bells and
whistles of the new Vista start menu, you can only rearrange your folders
under \Start Menu\Programs\

Also I find it annoying how the menus from subfolders of Programs do not
spring out automatically when you hover on them. You have to click them. The
classic start menu does keep that cascading submenus feature.

=?Utf-8?B?QWx0emhlaW1lcg==?= <Altzheimer@xxxxxx>
wrote:

> What you are trying to do will work, just like it does in XP, if
> you choose the Classic start menu in Vista.
>
> Personally I prefer the classic menu, but if you want the added
> bells and whistles of the new Vista start menu, you can only
> rearrange your folders under \Start Menu\Programs\

I had forgotten about the non-classic view, since I changed to the
classic view immediately on starting Vista for the first time. If you
use the classic view to put folders under Start Menu, what happens to
them if you then change to non-classic view?

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