All Programs

[bkaras]

1:05 PM 1/6/2007

When I click on All Programs (in the Start menu) ONE column appears. There
are many programs. I must scroll up or down to access the programs not shown
on the screen. The All Programs area used to show all of the listings.

How would I have All Programs show all of the listings in one screen?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

 

[Jon]

I was more than a little surprised to hear the following from "bkaras"

1:05 PM 1/6/2007

When I click on All Programs (in the Start menu) ONE column appears. There
are many programs. I must scroll up or down to access the programs not
shown on the screen. The All Programs area used to show all of the
listings.

How would I have All Programs show all of the listings in one screen?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

Right-click 'Start' button > Properties > Customize > Advanced > Uncheck
'Scroll programs' > ok

 

[bkaras]

Thank you.

It works. However the last column (the one on the far right (as you look at
the monitor) is not wide enough to accommodate the names of the programs
there.

How do I make the last column wide enough so that the full name of the
program appears?

Barry Karas
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[Jon]

Thank you.

It works. However the last column (the one on the far right (as you look
at the monitor) is not wide enough to accommodate the names of the
programs there.

How do I make the last column wide enough so that the full name of the
program appears?

Barry Karas
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I was more than a little surprised to hear the following from "bkaras"


Right-click 'Start' button > Properties > Customize > Advanced > Uncheck
'Scroll programs' > ok

You could change your screen resolution

Right-click desktop > Properties > Settings

or your overall 'Font size'

Right-click desktop > Properties > Appearance

 

[Rock]

Thank you.

It works. However the last column (the one on the far right (as you look
at the monitor) is not wide enough to accommodate the names of the
programs there.

How do I make the last column wide enough so that the full name of the
program appears?

Barry Karas
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Edit the names displayed there to shorten them. You can't make the column
wider.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Edit the names displayed there to shorten them. You can't make the
column wider.

Alternatively, bkaras may want to shorten the list by creating folders there
and grouping similar items into folders.

 

[Rock]

Alternatively, bkaras may want to shorten the list by creating folders
there and grouping similar items into folders.

Yep that will shorten the list length and width wise.

 

[bkaras]

Alternatively, bkaras may want to shorten the list by creating folders

there and grouping similar items into folders.

How would I do that?

Thank you,

Barry Karas
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[Elmo]

How would I do that?

Thank you,

Barry Karas
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Right-click the Desktop, click New, Folder. Name the folder, then
click/drag it to the Start menu button, hover, hover over All Programs,
drag to the location where you want to drop it.

 

[bkaras]

I have ± 100 programs in All Programs and the columns are too wide. Is there
a way to narrow them of do I have to go back to one column?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

 

[bkaras]

How would I do that?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

Alternatively, bkaras may want to shorten the list by creating folders
there and grouping similar items into folders.

 

[riverdogs05]

#1 The number of columns is determined by the total number of items in the
list.
#2 The width of a column is determined by the length of the longest name in
that column.
#3 So if you right click on longest name and then click on 'rename' and
shorten the name and hit enter, the width of the column will then be
determined by the 2nd longest original name and so forth.

HTH.

I have ± 100 programs in All Programs and the columns are too wide. Is
there a way to narrow them of do I have to go back to one column?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

 

[bkaras]

- or your overall 'Font size'

-Right-click desktop > Properties > Appearance (changing from Windows XP to
Windows Classic -- the font is too small for me)

I did that -- didn't care for it -- and tried to change it back -- but I
could not (the font size would not change back to larger).

Is there a way that I could make the font size, and the operating buttons,
larger?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

 

[Rock]

I have ± 100 programs in All Programs and the columns are too wide. Is
there a way to narrow them of do I have to go back to one column?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

Edit the names for the widest entries to shorten them. For the length of
the list create folders and place the shortcuts for similar programs in that
folder. Organize however you want, for example put all your multimedia app
shortcuts in a folder called Multimedia.

\Documents and Settings\Username\Start Menu\Programs
D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs

 

[Nightowl]

Ken Blake MVP said:

How would I do that?

Hi Barry

As Rock mentioned earlier, the programs in the list are actually
shortcuts in these two folders:

\Documents and Settings\Username\Start Menu\Programs
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs

Open up the folders, make a new folder with File > New, call it what you
like (say, Multimedia or Graphics, etc.) then cut and paste or drag and
drop the shortcuts you want into it.

Now when you move your mouse cursor onto the new folder in the list, the
programs inside will be shown in a nifty cascading sub-menu

 

[gigodemon]

Hi Barry,

You have two solutions -
1. Separate all programs list on category
For this you may use freeware program Tidy Start Menu
http://www.TidyStartMenu.com
2. Completely replace start menu to convenient alternative to the
Start menu.
Also you get new look&Feel
http://www.VistaStartMenu.com

I recommend second way.