Clearing Start Menu Order

[Guest]

On Win98, I used to use a file I created called ClearReg.reg:

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start
Menu]

to clear the whole Start Menu tree. This would re-alphabetize all the
Start Menu levels and delete old junk from the tree in the registry.

Is there a way to do this under Win2K so any user can click on the .reg
file and do this?

Thanks.

 

[Gary Smith]

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start
Menu]

to clear the whole Start Menu tree. This would re-alphabetize all the
Start Menu levels and delete old junk from the tree in the registry.

Is there a way to do this under Win2K so any user can click on the .reg
file and do this?

This should wipe the entry for whatever user is logged on when it's used:

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start
Menu]

 

[x]

Thanks for the reply. The HKCU key does clear the registry, but the
start menu order is still what is was before merging the key into the
registry. Do you know what else to delete to reset the start menu order
to the default (alphabetical)?

Thanks again.

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start
Menu]

to clear the whole Start Menu tree. This would re-alphabetize all the
Start Menu levels and delete old junk from the tree in the registry.

Is there a way to do this under Win2K so any user can click on the .reg
file and do this?

This should wipe the entry for whatever user is logged on when it's used:

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start
Menu]

 

[Gary Smith]

The default order for the Start Menu isn't really alphabetic, it's a
built-in two-part ordering with a number odf special entries. The default
ordering for any sub-menus is alphabetic, so deleting that key should have
rest them. I don't know of anything else that affects the order.

Thanks for the reply. The HKCU key does clear the registry, but the
start menu order is still what is was before merging the key into the
registry. Do you know what else to delete to reset the start menu order
to the default (alphabetical)?

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start
Menu]

to clear the whole Start Menu tree. This would re-alphabetize all the
Start Menu levels and delete old junk from the tree in the registry.

Is there a way to do this under Win2K so any user can click on the .reg
file and do this?

This should wipe the entry for whatever user is logged on when it's used:

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start
Menu]