How to manipulate the Start menu (Vista premium home)

[reader]

Vista premium home sp1

When ever I try to reorganize the Start menu, I'm told I cannot modify
that folder.

I have an administrator account and have turned UAC off from
Control Panel/user accounts. However if I click on
`C:\users\MYUSER\Start Menu'

I'm told `File location is not accessable
Access denied'

How can I arrange the Start menu in some less dysfunctional way?
Currently when I click on Start Menu/All programs I get a long list
with no organization. I'd prefer a heirarchy of my own design. And on
xp I could go to the Start Menu folder and organize anyway I liked.

 

[Jane C]

Hi,

Your Start Menu is located here:
C:\Users\MYUSER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

'C:\users\MYUSER\Start Menu' is not a real folder, it is a junction point
for backwards compatibility, hence your being unable to access it.

 

[reader]

Hi,

Your Start Menu is located here:
C:\Users\MYUSER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

'C:\users\MYUSER\Start Menu' is not a real folder, it is a junction
point for backwards compatibility, hence your being unable to access
it.

Thanks Jane,

But apparently only quite a small part of the menu resides there.
Looking in that folder I see only a few of the 41 entries that appear
at the start menu button.

How can I reorganize my entire start menu into the hierarchy I prefer?
Setting things up at

C:\Users\MYUSER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

As you've indicated only effects a small portion of the menu and even
appears to result in dual entries appearing at the Start Menu button.

Another few can be found at:
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

But I want to completely reorganize the start menu. Can you explain
how I might accomplish that?