All programs list

[James Weston]

I want to be able to adjust the presentation of the individual programs
listed when I access All Programs on the Start Menu.
For example, I want to add an entry that says "CD Rom programs" from which I
can then have a submenu with all the CD Roms installed (or perhaps group
these too and have multi-layered submenus). I could have another entry
called "Media players" from which submenus would open individual media
players installed on my computer.
Is there a utility which would do this easily for me?
How could I do it without a utility? Presumably it involves changes in the
registry? How would I do it? Perhaps someone could recommend a helpful link
or three?
Thanks
James

 

[Nepatsfan]

(e-mail address removed),

I want to be able to adjust the presentation of the
individual programs listed when I access All Programs on the
Start Menu. For example, I want to add an entry that says "CD
Rom
programs" from which I can then have a submenu with all the
CD Roms installed (or perhaps group these too and have
multi-layered submenus). I could have another entry called
"Media players" from which submenus would open individual
media players installed on my computer. Is there a utility
which would do this easily for me?
How could I do it without a utility? Presumably it involves
changes in the registry? How would I do it? Perhaps someone
could recommend a helpful link or three?
Thanks
James

What you see displayed when you click on All Programs is the
contents of these two folders:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
C:\Documents and Settings\YOURACCOUNT\Start Menu

You can organize this folder just like you would any other
folder on your computer. Here's how:
Go to the Start Menu and right click All Programs.
Select Explore All Users from the menu.
Note: You can choose Open All Users if want.
You should now see an Explorer window opened to the All
Users\Start Menu folder.
In the left hand column, click on Programs.
In the right hand pane, right click an open spot and select
New -> Folder from the menu.
Name the folder Media Players.
Hit the enter key.
You can now drag any programs you want into this new folder.
Keep in mind that you can create new folders at any level.
I've found that it's usually a good idea while you're
organizing your programs to hit the Start button every so
often. That way you'll see if your actions are yielding the
results you want.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Nepatsfan]

You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

(e-mail address removed),

 

[James Weston]

YES!!!
Superb advise.
Many thanks, not being able to sort this out has been driving me up the wall
lately.
Cheers
James