Vista - How to change file order in Vista Program menu...

Anybody know how? I could do it in XP, as well as the "classic" menu option
in Vista. But, I want to change them in the regular Vista menu.

Oddly enough, you can change the order of folders though.

On a side note - I thought the group folders would open up whenever hovered
your mouse over it, but it doesn't. Is this not the case? The only thing that
opens up for me is when you hover your mouse over "All Programs" in the start
menu.

Ok, I just figured the file order thing out, but not the "hover" feature. By
the way, I do have "Open submenus when I pause on them with the mouse
pointer" enabled.

"cpu_expert" wrote:

> Anybody know how? I could do it in XP, as well as the "classic" menu option
> in Vista. But, I want to change them in the regular Vista menu.
>
> Oddly enough, you can change the order of folders though.
>
> On a side note - I thought the group folders would open up whenever hovered
> your mouse over it, but it doesn't. Is this not the case? The only thing that
> opens up for me is when you hover your mouse over "All Programs" in the start
> menu.

"cpu_expert" wrote

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> On a side note - I thought the group folders would open up whenever
> hovered
> your mouse over it, but it doesn't. Is this not the case? The only thing
> that
> opens up for me is when you hover your mouse over "All Programs" in the
> start
> menu.

Same here. To open a program group requires a click.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Hey user "cpu_expert". I'm having the exact same problem and you later
reported you solved the problem yes? I used to be able to sort my start menu
programs in any order I wanted, but ever since I've been using Vista, I can
sort all the folders and shortcuts in whatever order I want, but when I
restart my PC and login back to Windows, it just sorts them back the way they
were. Please tell me what you did to fix this problem.

"cpu_expert" wrote:

> Anybody know how? I could do it in XP, as well as the "classic" menu option
> in Vista. But, I want to change them in the regular Vista menu.
>
> Oddly enough, you can change the order of folders though.
>
> On a side note - I thought the group folders would open up whenever hovered
> your mouse over it, but it doesn't. Is this not the case? The only thing that
> opens up for me is when you hover your mouse over "All Programs" in the start
> menu.

"jmine83" <jmine83@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8D40EB63-B81B-41B7-82E1-2C7521FB98ED@microsoft.com...
> Hey user "cpu_expert". I'm having the exact same problem and you later
> reported you solved the problem yes? I used to be able to sort my start
> menu
> programs in any order I wanted, but ever since I've been using Vista, I
> can
> sort all the folders and shortcuts in whatever order I want, but when I
> restart my PC and login back to Windows, it just sorts them back the way
> they
> were. Please tell me what you did to fix this problem.
>
> "cpu_expert" wrote:
>
>> Anybody know how? I could do it in XP, as well as the "classic" menu
>> option
>> in Vista. But, I want to change them in the regular Vista menu.
>>
>> Oddly enough, you can change the order of folders though.
>>
>> On a side note - I thought the group folders would open up whenever
>> hovered
>> your mouse over it, but it doesn't. Is this not the case? The only thing
>> that
>> opens up for me is when you hover your mouse over "All Programs" in the
>> start
>> menu.
>
You can either way, In classic view by right click in plain area and in
Vista Start Menu right click/options Customize button for Start menu. Find
the tick box for Sort by Name.

With patience there is always a way.



--
Ian

Thank your user "Ian Betts" for your assistance, however I am already well
aware of the Sort by Name checkbox and it doesn't do anything. My programs
menu is just slapped together in some jumbled order that refuses to be
changed. Or rather as I stated, the order sorting changes I make are not
saved after I've logged out or restarted my PC. I suspect that information is
somehow saved in the registry somewhere, but I would have no idea where.