IE Explorer Menus

[Guest]

I'm hoping someone can give me some help with a small adjustment I'd like to
make to Internet Explorer. I use SBC Yahoo! DSL as my ISP. Yahoo added an
item to my IE Tools menu called "SBC Yahoo! Services." This has two layers
of submenus: SBC Yahoo! Sign In > <List of user IDs>. I use this at least
once a day to log in to my account, and I was thinking it would be convenient
if my user ID could be placed on the main menu to avoid threading the lists
to arrive at it. I used a resource editor to find and examine the file that
controls the main menus in both Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer
(c:\windows\system32\browselc.dll). But of course there is nothing there
about the Yahoo! addition to the menu. The file C:\Program
Files\Yahoo!\common\yiesrvc.dll appears to be the main player--using Manage
Add-ons in the IE Tools menu to disable it takes the whole Yahoo addition out
of the menu, but the resource editor shows no "Menu" item in the file, so I'm
stumped. Is there any way for a non-expert user like me to change this menu?
While I'm at it, here is another question: In the file browselc.dll the two
menus that appear to represent the main menus in Windows Explorer and My
Computer (nos. 263 and 266) both have at the end of the Help menu, "About
Windows 95." I am running XP SP2. What's up with that? The Windows menus
themselves just read "About Windows."

Thanks very much for any pointers you can give men.

Regards,
Buck

 

[Joe]

I'm hoping someone can give me some help with a small adjustment I'd like to
make to Internet Explorer. I use SBC Yahoo! DSL as my ISP. Yahoo added an
item to my IE Tools menu called "SBC Yahoo! Services." This has two layers
of submenus: SBC Yahoo! Sign In > <List of user IDs>. I use this at least
once a day to log in to my account, and I was thinking it would be convenient
if my user ID could be placed on the main menu to avoid threading the lists
to arrive at it. I used a resource editor to find and examine the file that
controls the main menus in both Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer
(c:\windows\system32\browselc.dll). But of course there is nothing there
about the Yahoo! addition to the menu. The file C:\Program
Files\Yahoo!\common\yiesrvc.dll appears to be the main player--using Manage
Add-ons in the IE Tools menu to disable it takes the whole Yahoo addition out
of the menu, but the resource editor shows no "Menu" item in the file, so I'm
stumped. Is there any way for a non-expert user like me to change this menu?
While I'm at it, here is another question: In the file browselc.dll the two
menus that appear to represent the main menus in Windows Explorer and My
Computer (nos. 263 and 266) both have at the end of the Help menu, "About
Windows 95." I am running XP SP2. What's up with that? The Windows menus
themselves just read "About Windows."

Thanks very much for any pointers you can give men.

Regards,
Buck

What does the link in the address bar look like as you're prompted to
log in to your account? I'm just wondering if you can set up some
easier access to the login.. Here are a few things I would try:

- Drag the site's icon from the Address Bar to the Links area creating a
quick link.

- Right-click, click "Create Shortcut".

- Create a Bookmark.

 

[Guest]

Joe:

Thanks very much for your reply.

I haven't yet been prompted to sign in since I read it, but I don't think I
can make a link, shortcut or bookmark to do it. When the Yahoo! system shows
a sign-in screen it asks only for my password. In order to avoid typing it,
I go to the main menu bar (File, Edit, View, etc.) and select Tools > SBC
Yahoo! Services > Sign In > <My User ID>. Then the system signs me in with a
stored password. The menus are all the cascading type. I hoped to be able
to edit them a little, but so far no luck.