Vista Tutorial - Start program grouping

In WinXP it was easy to group folders in the Start Menu>All Programs
(ex: I had a folder call CD_DVD that held Nero, Any DVD, Clone DVD, etc)
so that the list of program folders wasn't huge and programs were
grouped by category. Is there a way to do this in Vista (create a start
menu folder and group folders within it). I'm using Vista64. Tried
Google, but haven't found anything.

Thanks,

Fitz

Fitz wrote:
> In WinXP it was easy to group folders in the Start Menu>All Programs
> (ex: I had a folder call CD_DVD that held Nero, Any DVD, Clone DVD, etc)
> so that the list of program folders wasn't huge and programs were
> grouped by category. Is there a way to do this in Vista (create a start
> menu folder and group folders within it). I'm using Vista64. Tried
> Google, but haven't found anything.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fitz
One more question:
The start menu has two IE icons, one for 64 bit and one for 32 bit (X86
folder). If I'm using the 64 bit version of Vista, is there a reason I
would want to keep the 32 bit compatible IE shortcut?

On Aug 10, 8:28 am, Fitz <akf...@gci.net> wrote:
> Fitz wrote:
> > In WinXP it was easy to group folders in theStartMenu>All Programs
> > (ex: I had a folder call CD_DVD that held Nero, Any DVD, Clone DVD, etc)
> > so that the list of program folders wasn't huge and programs were
> > grouped by category. Is there a way to do this in Vista (create astart
> >menufolder and group folders within it). I'm using Vista64. Tried
> > Google, but haven't found anything.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Fitz
>
> One more question:
> Thestartmenuhas two IE icons, one for 64 bit and one for 32 bit (X86
> folder). If I'm using the 64 bit version of Vista, is there a reason I
> would want to keep the 32 bit compatible IE shortcut?

Hello,

For grouping programs you can use a special tool called Tidy Start
Menu: http://www.tidystartmenu.com/index.shtml
It is very convenient from sorting programs by categories with just a
couple of clicks.
>From what I know there is also a newer, modified version of this
program called Vista Start Menu: http://www.vistastartmenu.com/index.html
Anyways, you might try those and see if they work out for you.
Cheers!

Thanks - the Vista Start Menu program looks interesting...I'll give it a
try.

Fitz

You can do it the old fashioned way in

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs


"Fitz" <akfitz@gci.net> wrote in message
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In WinXP it was easy to group folders in the Start Menu>All Programs
(ex: I had a folder call CD_DVD that held Nero, Any DVD, Clone DVD, etc)
so that the list of program folders wasn't huge and programs were
grouped by category. Is there a way to do this in Vista (create a start
menu folder and group folders within it). I'm using Vista64. Tried
Google, but haven't found anything.

Thanks,

Fitz

Val wrote:
> You can do it the old fashioned way in
>
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
>
>
> "Fitz" <akfitz@gci.net> wrote in message
> news:13bntcek0525507@corp.supernews.com...
> In WinXP it was easy to group folders in the Start Menu>All Programs
> (ex: I had a folder call CD_DVD that held Nero, Any DVD, Clone DVD, etc)
> so that the list of program folders wasn't huge and programs were
> grouped by category. Is there a way to do this in Vista (create a start
> menu folder and group folders within it). I'm using Vista64. Tried
> Google, but haven't found anything.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fitz
>
>
How do you navigate to C:\ProgramData? Can't find it...Only folders
listed are Program Files, Program Files (x86), Users, and Windows.

Thanks,
Fitz

An easier way: Right click on the Start Orb, and select "Open all Users".

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"Fitz" <akfitz@gci.net> wrote in message
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> Val wrote:
>> You can do it the old fashioned way in
>>
>> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
>>
>>
>> "Fitz" <akfitz@gci.net> wrote in message
>> news:13bntcek0525507@corp.supernews.com...
>> In WinXP it was easy to group folders in the Start Menu>All Programs
>> (ex: I had a folder call CD_DVD that held Nero, Any DVD, Clone DVD, etc)
>> so that the list of program folders wasn't huge and programs were
>> grouped by category. Is there a way to do this in Vista (create a start
>> menu folder and group folders within it). I'm using Vista64. Tried
>> Google, but haven't found anything.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Fitz
> How do you navigate to C:\ProgramData? Can't find it...Only folders listed are
> Program Files, Program Files (x86), Users, and Windows.
>
> Thanks,
> Fitz

Thanks- found "ProgramData"- hidden, of course. Going to take awhile to
learn the new menu's. Thanks for the head's up on the Start orb right
click. Once you learn, Vista is fairly user friendly.

Fitz

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:57:21 -0800, Fitz <akfitz@gci.net> wrote:

> How do you navigate to C:\ProgramData? Can't find it...Only folders
> listed are Program Files, Program Files (x86), Users, and Windows.


It's a hidden folder. Enable viewing hidden files and folder in Tools
| Folder Options, on the View tab.

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