I apologize for taking so long to reply to your post but I had some
medical problems that had to be taken care of.
Your observation regarding the Start Menu was something I missed and
was really a breakthrough. On my PC a shortcut which sorts with the
folders is created in any subfolder of the Start Menu. I did some
experiments and found this did not happen in any other special
folders like Desktop or SendTo or Favorites.
What is interesting is that if you take one of these folder shortcuts
from within the start menu and cut and paste it to any other location
it will continue to sort with the folders and not down with the the
files. So now we have a way of generating one of the shortcuts that
sorts as a folder anywhere we want to.
Comments/suggestions/corrections appreciated.
Your help is MUCH appreciated. Thanks- bye- Larry
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|>If I copy a folder & then paste as Shortcut, sometimes I get a
|>Shortcut that sorts with files & sometimes I get 1 that sorts with the
|>folders. Screenshots are at
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http://web.tampabay.rr.com/server/Posts/2typesLinks/
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|>What determines which 1 u get?
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|Hi Larry
|
|I recently noticed this too. It seems to be connected to the Start Menu
|and I think it must be by design
To make the following clearer, by
|"Start Menu folder" I mean the window you get if you right-click on the
|Start button and choose Open, or Open All Users. I have many subfolders
|under Programs, with shortcuts arranged in categories.
|
|I get a "folder" shortcut if I drag any folder with the right mouse
|button into a Start Menu folder and select "Create Shortcut Here". In
|the Start Menu itself it gives you a cascading menu of the contents. If
|you right-click on this peculiar shortcut and choose Properties, the
|icon at the top of the property sheet has a shortcut arrow on it, but
|the icon within the Start Menu folder doesn't. Also the property sheet
|doesn't have a Shortcut tab.
|
|If i do the same right-drag/create shortcut, with the same folder, to
|any other ordinary folder, or to the Desktop, I get a regular "file"
|shortcut. To make sure I get one of those into the Start Menu, I now
|either:
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|1. Right-click the wanted folder, choose Create Shortcut Here, then
|right-drag the new shortcut into the Start Menu folder and choose Move
|Here. (Or you could cut and paste it.)
|
|2. In the Start Menu folder, right-click and choose New > Shortcut,
|type in the name of the target folder and let the wizard create it.
|
|Hope this helps. At least it's not just you
Any advice is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.
