Start Menu Question

[JamesJ]

I'm the only user on this machine.
I'm using the classic start menu.

I installed a program on my system yesterday. It put it's shortcuts
in C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{current_username}\START MENU's Programs
folder.
I installed a program today and it put it's shortcuts in C:\DOCUMENTS AND
SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START MENU Programs folder.
I have no idea what folder I need to go to make changes. Going into
Settings/TaskBar and Start Menu and to the Start Menu's Advanced tab puts me
in C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{current_username}\START MENU
Then I need to navigate back to C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START
MENU
in order to move the program I installed today.
VERY CONFUSING!!!

Am I doing anything wrong here?
Why is xp looking in two different folders to populate the Star Manu?

Thanks,
James

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I'm the only user on this machine.
I'm using the classic start menu.

I installed a program on my system yesterday. It put it's shortcuts
in C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{current_username}\START MENU's Programs
folder.
I installed a program today and it put it's shortcuts in C:\DOCUMENTS AND
SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START MENU Programs folder.
I have no idea what folder I need to go to make changes. Going into
Settings/TaskBar and Start Menu and to the Start Menu's Advanced tab puts me
in C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{current_username}\START MENU
Then I need to navigate back to C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START
MENU
in order to move the program I installed today.
VERY CONFUSING!!!

Am I doing anything wrong here?
Why is xp looking in two different folders to populate the Star Manu?

This is caused by the multi-user architecture of Windows XP. It gives
you the possibility to assign customized Start Menu entries to your
users. If you do not need more than one user you could merge all items
in C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START MENU. This does not avoid
that entries will be created in the other branch when you install new
software. This behaviour cannot be changed by you because it is the
installer tool that does this and this differs from program to
program.