Solved Start Menu Full

[MourningStar]

I just noticed some items that I pinned to the Start Menu do not appear. When I clik it it grows all the way to the top. However, because there are items that I know I pinned and do not see I was expecting it to 'scroll' in order to access the pinned items not visible. But there is no scrolling. How to fix?

-thnx

 

[AddRAM]

Don`t think I`ve ever seen scrolling of the icons on the left side, you`ll just have to raise the number of items you can have on the start menu.

 

[ThrashZone]

Oddly the limit is 30 items but I've never tested to see if the start menu list adds a scroll bar or not ?
Right click the start button and Properties/ Customize button/ See how many items is set to be on there ?
You might see if using Small icons on the Taskbar section will help ?
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/4821-start-menu-change-number-recent-programs-display.html
You might even look into this type Taskbar toolbar option,
Customize toolbar, Try*3 almost the last post on page 1,
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/windows-7-annoyances/5c785b0f-3ec6-498f-b0dc-61f776c79928

 

[MourningStar]

Don`t think I`ve ever seen scrolling of the icons on the left side, you`ll just have to raise the number of items you can have on the start menu.

Oddly the limit is 30 items ...Right click the start button and Properties/ Customize button/ See how many items is set to be on there ?

Thnx for the replies - I cannot locate where the number of start items is assigned. Screen shot please?

thank you

 

[Ranger4]

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=293812&stc=1&d=1384580914

Hope this helps.

Right click start button or the task bar, select properties, then start menu, then customize & at the bottom you will start menu size. Adjust as required.

 

[AddRAM]

More ifo

 

[MourningStar]

More ifo

That circled area on mine shows zero and is ghosted.

 

[ThrashZone]

Verify If both Privacy boxes are checked On Ranger4's Screen shot,
Then refer to AddRam's screen shot,
if still no joy you might not have permissions to make changes which is another issue possibly from corruption ?
You might make a new user account and test the issue.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Small Icons

Are you using small icons in your Start Menu?

If not, try changing the icon size to small (uncheck the "Use large icons" option).
The option is located in the "Customise Start Menu" window (the window shown in AddRAM's post above).

 

[MourningStar]

Verify If both Privacy boxes are checked On Ranger4's Screen shot,
Then refer to AddRam's screen shot,
if still no joy you might not have permissions to make changes which is another issue possibly from corruption ?
You might make a new user account and test the issue.

The boxes were not checked. After checking them I was able to assign numbers. Thank You!! (however, I do not have the max. number pinned)

 

[MourningStar]

Are you using small icons in your Start Menu?

If not, try changing the icon size to small (uncheck the "Use large icons" option).
The option is located in the "Customise Start Menu" window (the window shown in AddRAM's post above).

Changing to small icons allows me to see all items. However, I want to have large icons and see them all. Maybe I can group similar start-menu items into folders and pin the folders? I already have some start-menu items that have these little blue arrows to clik on and a sub-menu appears. Is this idea do-able?

-thnx

 

[whs]

You cannot really pin folders very well. If you want a bigger start menu, you have to get a bigger screen.

What's wrong with putting the stuff into a toolbar. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/72092-toolbars-how-use-windows-7-vista.html

 

[MourningStar]

... What's wrong with putting the stuff into a toolbar.

Excellent idea! Watching your tutorial reminded me of a utility I use that I forgot I was using. It's called 7Stacks and I learned of it at this website. I will re-visit this and another utility I recently learned of. However, I will probably stick with your suggestion as I prefer to use stuff already built into the OS. We'll see and we can mark this solved.

Thanks to all!!

 

[whs]

I am glad I could help.

 

[AddRAM]

How many icons do you want to show ? Mine`s at 8, and I think 10 is plenty. Remember you can always click on All Programs to get to any program on your pc.

 

[MourningStar]

How many icons do you want to show ? Mine`s at 8, and I think 10 is plenty. Remember you can always click on All Programs to get to any program on your pc.

Since the Start Menu has a limitation I prefer the toolbar or a stacking utility with the taskbar's ease of access. As a result I find I can remove ALL of the pinned icons as a result. It 'seems' the whole 'Start' scenario could be eliminated. Can it be removed from the taskbar altogether?

Probably not.

Refer to new topic : http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/311929-start-menu-mod.html.