WinXP : Lost option to "Sort by Name" upon the Start menu

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Hello,

I've encountered a strange situation - I've lost the option to sort the
Program entries within my Start -> Programs menu. However this only happens
for the Administator account, other users are fine, so I'm suspecting a
registry key issue. I noted one Microsoft Advisory (Q177482) that suggested
deleting the Order Value keys found under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start
Menu\Programs

however this didn't have any effect.

I did however recently download IE7 onto my PC. Could this have been the
cause of the problem ?

Any suggestions/solutions ?


Steve

 

[Wesley Vogel]

If your right click menu is missing in the Start Menu...

XP Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
Scroll down to and Check: Enable dragging and dropping |
Click OK | Click OK

Classic Start Menu >>
Right click the Start button | Properties |
Start Menu tab | Customize button |
Scroll down to and Check: Enable dragging and dropping |
Click OK | Click OK

Enable dragging and dropping
[[Prevents users from using the drag-and-drop method to reorder or remove
items on the Start menu. Also, this entry removes context menus from the
Start Menu.]]

Remove Drag-and-drop context menus on the Start Menu Group Polciy
NoChangeStartMenu
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=353

NoChangeStartMenu
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/92885.asp

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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