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02-15-2008
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| | cleaning up and re-organising the start menu. I wish to clean up my start menu but Vista appears to do things in a different way from XP. It seems to combine elements of the start menu from many different places, as XP did, but there appear to be more places. Are there any instructions on how to tidy this up. For example when I look in Windows Explorer I find that I have 4 users (Default, Guest, Public and Mine), and each user seems to have up to 3 profiles (Local, LocalLow and Roaming). Which of these possibly 12 profiles add to the start menu and in what order. Do I actually need a Roaming Profile? A second but related point is that I now seem to have a Vista games folder on the left hand side of the menu, as well as on the right where Vista put it originally. However the games only work when I click on the left hand entry. If I click on the entry in the original Vista games folder nothing happens. Any help gratefully accepted. |
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02-15-2008
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| | Re: cleaning up and re-organising the start menu. do you want all users to share all shortcuts to all programs? If the answer is yes I will guide you on how to make it very nice and tidy :-) "Nimbus" <Nimbus@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0916BC2A-FCF8-4380-A2BF-877D2DB39A80@xxxxxx Quote: >I wish to clean up my start menu but Vista appears to do things in a > different way from XP. It seems to combine elements of the start menu > from > many different places, as XP did, but there appear to be more places. Are > there any instructions on how to tidy this up. > > For example when I look in Windows Explorer I find that I have 4 users > (Default, Guest, Public and Mine), and each user seems to have up to 3 > profiles (Local, LocalLow and Roaming). Which of these possibly 12 > profiles > add to the start menu and in what order. Do I actually need a Roaming > Profile? > > A second but related point is that I now seem to have a Vista games folder > on the left hand side of the menu, as well as on the right where Vista put > it > originally. However the games only work when I click on the left hand > entry. > If I click on the entry in the original Vista games folder nothing > happens. > > Any help gratefully accepted. > > > > > > > |
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02-15-2008
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: cleaning up and re-organising the start menu.  Quote: Originally Posted by Nimbus  I wish to clean up my start menu but Vista appears to do things in a different way from XP. It seems to combine elements of the start menu from many different places, as XP did, but there appear to be more places. Are there any instructions on how to tidy this up. For example when I look in Windows Explorer I find that I have 4 users (Default, Guest, Public and Mine), and each user seems to have up to 3 profiles (Local, LocalLow and Roaming). Which of these possibly 12 profiles add to the start menu and in what order. Do I actually need a Roaming Profile? A second but related point is that I now seem to have a Vista games folder on the left hand side of the menu, as well as on the right where Vista put it originally. However the games only work when I click on the left hand entry. If I click on the entry in the original Vista games folder nothing happens. Any help gratefully accepted. This will show you how to organize the Start menu for you. Start Menu - Shortcuts Shawn |
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02-16-2008
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| | Re: cleaning up and re-organising the start menu. Yes please "Victor" wrote: Quote: > do you want all users to share all shortcuts to all programs? > > If the answer is yes I will guide you on how to make it very nice and tidy > :-) > > > > "Nimbus" <Nimbus@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:0916BC2A-FCF8-4380-A2BF-877D2DB39A80@xxxxxx Quote: > >I wish to clean up my start menu but Vista appears to do things in a > > different way from XP. It seems to combine elements of the start menu > > from > > many different places, as XP did, but there appear to be more places. Are > > there any instructions on how to tidy this up. > > > > For example when I look in Windows Explorer I find that I have 4 users > > (Default, Guest, Public and Mine), and each user seems to have up to 3 > > profiles (Local, LocalLow and Roaming). Which of these possibly 12 > > profiles > > add to the start menu and in what order. Do I actually need a Roaming > > Profile? > > > > A second but related point is that I now seem to have a Vista games folder > > on the left hand side of the menu, as well as on the right where Vista put > > it > > originally. However the games only work when I click on the left hand > > entry. > > If I click on the entry in the original Vista games folder nothing > > happens. > > > > Any help gratefully accepted. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > |
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02-18-2008
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| | Re: cleaning up and re-organising the start menu. try this http://www.tidystartmenu.com/index.shtml free version "Nimbus" <Nimbus@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1F2B21C3-75B0-48C6-A792-8965218BE434@xxxxxx Quote: > Yes please > > "Victor" wrote: > Quote: >> do you want all users to share all shortcuts to all programs? >> >> If the answer is yes I will guide you on how to make it very nice and >> tidy >> :-) >> >> >> >> "Nimbus" <Nimbus@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:0916BC2A-FCF8-4380-A2BF-877D2DB39A80@xxxxxx Quote: >> >I wish to clean up my start menu but Vista appears to do things in a >> > different way from XP. It seems to combine elements of the start menu >> > from >> > many different places, as XP did, but there appear to be more places. >> > Are >> > there any instructions on how to tidy this up. >> > >> > For example when I look in Windows Explorer I find that I have 4 users >> > (Default, Guest, Public and Mine), and each user seems to have up to 3 >> > profiles (Local, LocalLow and Roaming). Which of these possibly 12 >> > profiles >> > add to the start menu and in what order. Do I actually need a Roaming >> > Profile? >> > >> > A second but related point is that I now seem to have a Vista games >> > folder >> > on the left hand side of the menu, as well as on the right where Vista >> > put >> > it >> > originally. However the games only work when I click on the left hand >> > entry. >> > If I click on the entry in the original Vista games folder nothing >> > happens. >> > >> > Any help gratefully accepted. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> |
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