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How to manipulate the Start menu (Vista premium home)

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Old 04-15-2008   #1 (permalink)
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How to manipulate the Start menu (Vista premium home)


Vista premium home sp1

When ever I try to reorganize the Start menu, I'm told I cannot modify
that folder.

I have an administrator account and have turned UAC off from
Control Panel/user accounts. However if I click on
`C:\users\MYUSER\Start Menu'

I'm told `File location is not accessable
Access denied'

How can I arrange the Start menu in some less dysfunctional way?
Currently when I click on Start Menu/All programs I get a long list
with no organization. I'd prefer a heirarchy of my own design. And on
xp I could go to the Start Menu folder and organize anyway I liked.
Old 04-15-2008   #2 (permalink)
Jane C
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Re: How to manipulate the Start menu (Vista premium home)

Hi,

Your Start Menu is located here:
C:\Users\MYUSER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

'C:\users\MYUSER\Start Menu' is not a real folder, it is a junction point
for backwards compatibility, hence your being unable to access it.



<reader@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u7ieyvmoh.fsf@xxxxxx
Quote:

>
> Vista premium home sp1
>
> When ever I try to reorganize the Start menu, I'm told I cannot modify
> that folder.
>
> I have an administrator account and have turned UAC off from
> Control Panel/user accounts. However if I click on
> `C:\users\MYUSER\Start Menu'
>
> I'm told `File location is not accessable
> Access denied'
>
> How can I arrange the Start menu in some less dysfunctional way?
> Currently when I click on Start Menu/All programs I get a long list
> with no organization. I'd prefer a heirarchy of my own design. And on
> xp I could go to the Start Menu folder and organize anyway I liked.
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