Guest Luc Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 This applies to XP as well as Vista, the solution (if there is one) may also work for both, that's why I decided to crosspost instead of posting a separate question for each OS. I took some screenshots to explain clearer what I'm looking for, http://users.telenet.be/eurautomat-lucvdv/XP_startmenu/ For those who prefer text: Has someone found a way to add new top-level menus to the start menu, the way you could in Win2000, and still can in XP and Vista if you switch to the "classic" start menu?
Guest Big_Al Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: Can you pin a new submenu to the Vista (or XP) start menu? Luc wrote: > This applies to XP as well as Vista, the solution (if there is one) may > also work for both, that's why I decided to crosspost instead of posting a > separate question for each OS. > > > I took some screenshots to explain clearer what I'm looking for, > http://users.telenet.be/eurautomat-lucvdv/XP_startmenu/ > > > For those who prefer text: > > Has someone found a way to add new top-level menus to the start menu, the > way you could in Win2000, and still can in XP and Vista if you switch to > the "classic" start menu? Use google, type in 'pin folder to start menu'. It really does work (google that is). I tried the first and it seems to work but its only a link to open the folder, it does not produce the drop down list like you indicate. Hang in, others will respond possible, but in the mean time, maybe a find on google will help you.
Guest Dave-UK Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: Can you pin a new submenu to the Vista (or XP) start menu? "Luc" <lucvdv@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message news:ihic549pmiq2h4mthlkt02db6ns46kq95i@4ax.com... > This applies to XP as well as Vista, the solution (if there is one) may > also work for both, that's why I decided to crosspost instead of posting a > separate question for each OS. > > > I took some screenshots to explain clearer what I'm looking for, > http://users.telenet.be/eurautomat-lucvdv/XP_startmenu/ > > > For those who prefer text: > > Has someone found a way to add new top-level menus to the start menu, the > way you could in Win2000, and still can in XP and Vista if you switch to > the "classic" start menu? Put your folders and shortcuts here: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu ..
Guest Luc Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: Can you pin a new submenu to the Vista (or XP) start menu? On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:14:20 -0400, Big_Al <BigAl@md.com> wrote: > Luc wrote: > > This applies to XP as well as Vista, the solution (if there is one) may > > also work for both, that's why I decided to crosspost instead of posting a > > separate question for each OS. > > > > > > I took some screenshots to explain clearer what I'm looking for, > > http://users.telenet.be/eurautomat-lucvdv/XP_startmenu/ > > > > > > For those who prefer text: > > > > Has someone found a way to add new top-level menus to the start menu, the > > way you could in Win2000, and still can in XP and Vista if you switch to > > the "classic" start menu? > > Use google, type in 'pin folder to start menu'. > It really does work (google that is). Yes, the screenshots I linked to already showed that "pin to start menu" works. > I tried the first and it seems to work but its only a link to open the > folder, it does not produce the drop down list like you indicate. > Hang in, others will respond possible, but in the mean time, maybe a > find on google will help you. They (my screenshots) show you right again: it doesn't do what I asked :( As for google: thanks for stating the obvious. Do you really think I would post a question without searching documentation and Google first?
Guest Luc Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: Can you pin a new submenu to the Vista (or XP) start menu? On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:02:50 +0100, "Dave-UK" <1@2.com> wrote: > "Luc" <lucvdv@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message > news:ihic549pmiq2h4mthlkt02db6ns46kq95i@4ax.com... <snip> > > Has someone found a way to add new top-level menus to the start menu, the > > way you could in Win2000, and still can in XP and Vista if you switch to > > the "classic" start menu? > > Put your folders and shortcuts here: > > C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu > . Thanks for replying, but that's the point: that only works if you use the classic start menu. I want the menus to appear among the pinned items when you click "Start", without having to click "All programs" next and then try to find where they're appearing in the list today.
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