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If you need to bring the Quick Launch bar back it's very easy,. then you create a new shortcut and type this in the Target box"
"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu"
Then drag that to the Quick Launch bar
You now have total access to the Start Menu,. you can move files, create folders.etc
If you want customizable classic start menu (just like in 95, 2000, XP and Vista) try mine: ANN: Classic Shell - start menu and other features
It is still in beta and there are few glitches, but I hope to address them in the next week or 2.
Ivo
Thanks for the link, Ivo - I'll try it!
Yep, that's how I've been operating with it - that and clearing the 'recent items' (setting => '0') and just clicking the 'All Programs' right away. I actually like the way the new start menu looks when the all programs list fills that empty box and the way I can navigate the menus there so I could really relate to what the threadstarter said. If we could have what that person described, I might even be able to live without a classic menu.
I tried pinning every menu item in the box, but the icons you create that way come out larger than the 'all programs' list and I didn't see any way to scroll pinned items to find those that didn't fit in the little box. It also opens up a new window when select a pinned folder, not just the program you are looking for. And that takes up even more real estate than the old classic menu did.
I guess I am one of the few that just likes to see everything they have when they look through the menus. Maybe most people only use a few of the commands, but not me; I use nearly everything. I always turn off 'Customized Menus' on my programs too - you gotta know what all your options are, ya know?
I just changed nine,. looks much better and easier to navigate.Yep, that's how I've been operating with it - that and clearing the 'recent items' (setting => '0') and just clicking the 'All Programs' right away. I actually like the way the new start menu looks when the all programs list fills that empty box and the way I can navigate the menus there so I could really relate to what the threadstarter said. If we could have what that person described, I might even be able to live without a classic menu
A pity we have no hack or MS solution for this
If "Number of Programs on Startmenue" = 0 then show "All Programms"
Keep hoping though :)
Theres a new program out called Ckassic Shell
It's om Soundforge, but I can't locate iy yet
The best I;ve evwer seen
I still type with one finger.
I do have a spell checker but forgot to use it
Here ya go:
For the past month I've been working in my spare time on this Classic Shell project. It has:
Check out the screenshots.
- full-featured start menu (keyboard and mouse support, drag and drop, recent documents list, localized in 35 languages)
- Up button for Explorer
- and other features
It is free and open source. I just added it to Source Forge: Welcome to Classic Shell
and Code Project: CodeProject: Classic Shell. Free source code and programming help
The project is still in beta, so glitches and compatibility problems are expected.
Please, give it a try. If you find a problem you can report it here or on the Source Forge help forum.
Regards
Ivo Beltchev
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fantastic program. Thank you.
I posted a couple questions in source forge but just in case you see this one first:
Is it possible to not have My Documents on the start menu? (I notice that right-click delete is not an option), and is it possible to have the "search" on the start menu automatically use a program such as SearchEverything? (I do not like windows search). Thanks again