Vista - help please, organise 'all programs' list

Hello,

I need to reduce the number of entries in the 'All Programs' list on the
start button, as I cannot find anything. I want to reorganise the entries
into new folders etc, to make it more logical.

Can someone advise me please where are the 'All Programs' lists kept on the
system?

Thanks

KK

Right click the Start button > click Open All Users > open the 'Programs'
directory and you can organize your applications and folders from there.
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"KRK" <trebor@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi KK,

This tutorial will show you how organize the Start Menu. See the related links at the top for more Start Menu features.

Start Menu - Shortcuts

Shawn

Thanks for your help, but the folder does not seem to show all the programs
in my start button list. Are some of them kept elsewhere ?

Thanks again

K

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hmm, are you logged as an Administrator? Make sure you are in the right
location:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
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"KRK" <trebor@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Some programs may be installed under "All Users" - others may installed
under YOUR user account. Therefore, you have to organize in both places.

If, for instance, you have applets in both locations that you wish to
categorize as "Utilities - create a folder called Utilities in each of these
accounts and move there what you wish. When you go to "All
Programs/Utilities" they will all show up in the single folder - Utilities.

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"KRK" <trebor@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23lE9gwhHIHA.748@xxxxxxIf you please, where are these items located? [attached] the Firefox and
Windows Mail entries, for THIS menu when you first hit the Start button.
McG.

Hi McG,

They are located in "All Programs" when you click the Start button.

See this tutorial for help on how to organize the Start menu.

Start Menu - Shortcuts

Shawn

Hi,

I have two solutions -
http://www.TidyStartMenu.com/
and
http://www.VistaStartMenu.com/

The second more powerful, both freeware with PRO version.

ordinarysoft@xxxxxx <ordinarysoft@xxxxxx> wrote:
on theThe Start Menu listing lives in the following two folders. The first
folder contains the program shortcuts visible to all users, the second
contains those visible only to the specific user account.

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
C:\Users\%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs

Editing both folders is pretty straight forward, but you need
administrator privileges to edit the all users Start Menu. Use the
UserProfile Start Menu if you need to keep a shortcut visible to a
specific user only, otherways it is best to use the folder in
C:\ProgramData\...

Charlie42