getting calculater in the start menu

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currently calc resides in accessories, I want to put it in the start menu, ie
just click start and the usual place for windows update is where I want to
put calc, how do I go about it. OOPS windows XP PRO svc pk2
 
Cut the shortcut from;
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories

and paste it in;
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu

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| currently calc resides in accessories, I want to put it in the start menu,
ie
| just click start and the usual place for windows update is where I want
to
| put calc, how do I go about it. OOPS windows XP PRO svc pk2
 
sgopus said:
currently calc resides in accessories, I want to put it in the start menu, ie
just click start and the usual place for windows update is where I want to
put calc, how do I go about it. OOPS windows XP PRO svc pk2
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Here is how you can do it:
- Launch "My Computer".
- Navigate to c:\windows\system32.
- Right-click calc.exe, then click Copy.
- Navigate to c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu.
- Right-click anywhere where it's blank.
- Click "Paste Shortcut".
 
Open either MyComputer or Explorer.
Expand C:\Documents and settings\All Users
Expand Start Menu\Programs
Click once on Accessories to hilite it.
In the Right pane Right click on Calculator.
Click Cut in the popup menu.
Click once on Start Menu to hilite it.
Right click in the Right pane and click Paste in the popup menu.
Close out back to the desktop.

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Thanks for the responses

Brian A said:
Open either MyComputer or Explorer.
Expand C:\Documents and settings\All Users
Expand Start Menu\Programs
Click once on Accessories to hilite it.
In the Right pane Right click on Calculator.
Click Cut in the popup menu.
Click once on Start Menu to hilite it.
Right click in the Right pane and click Paste in the popup menu.
Close out back to the desktop.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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Right click on the calculator icon in accessories and then "pin" to the
start menu.

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Richard Urban
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If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Nice one, lots to learn about XP!

Richard Urban said:
Right click on the calculator icon in accessories and then "pin" to the
start menu.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
Click to expand...
 
It is nice, isn't it?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
You got lots of answers, many I never would have thought of.

In XP Home, if I click on Programs->Accessories->Caluculator, if just so
happens that the "start menu" pane is just to it's left, so I DRAG the
calculator icon, and DROP it into "start" menu.
 
When you right click an icon, the box that comes up starts with:

Open
Run As
Pin to start menu
.....
 
it's on my standard XP pro svc pk 2 menu, never noticed it before, nor did I
know what it meant
 
Thankyou Ayush, that explained why I didn't see it and why I never intend to again,
at least for XP.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



Ayush said:
Only available when you are using XP Start Menu.

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Replied to [Brian A]'s message :
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That's not an option in any popup menu on any machine I have running
here. Is it language, OS, etc. specific or a reg hack that you know
of?
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Click to expand...
 
Simple answer, I don't care for the alternative look and I'd rather use the memory
for other things I do.

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http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



Ayush said:
You are welcome but I don't know why are you using Classic one.

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Replied to [Brian A]'s message :
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Thank-you Ayush, that explained why I didn't see it and why I never
intend to again, at least for XP.
Click to expand...

[Brian A]'s message :
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