The Start Menu is the Windows menu introduced in Windows 95 as the default gateway to installed applications and the operating system.
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Finding Mail (32-bit) in the start menu
I find myself often visiting the Mail control panel for people I'm helping who use Outlook.
However, it never, ever shows up in the start menu for anyones computer:
Is there some magic string I ...
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Enlarge Start Menu in Windows 7
I can only pin 14 links to my Start Menu. When pinning a 15th, it doesn't show in the list. Is there any way to expand the height of the Start Menu so it shows more items?
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Can I change the target for the Start button Windows Explorer option?
I changed the target for my desktop Explorer shortcut but have not found a way to change it for the start button (RC) Windows Explorer. I'm assuming it would have to be a registry tweak but I cannot ...
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Add a submenu to the start menu in Windows 7
How can I add a submenu to the start menu in Windows 7?
In the right-click menu on a shortcut under “All Programs”, there is a “Pin to Start Menu” entry. That's exactly what I want, but it only ...
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How to change start menu location for Windows 7 Programs
I keep my start menu in Windows 7 very organized, but every time there's a program update available (Safari for example), the program recreates its shortcut icons in the default start menu location ...
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Possible to make the Windows 8 start menu less fancy for VNC?
I use Windows 8 on a virtual machine through a VNC connection. The VNC server is integrated into VMWare so that even if I lose network connection on Windows 8, I can still access it.
Overall, my ...
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How to prevent CCleaner from wiping Start Menu frequently used applications list?
Every time I use CCleaner to clean my system, regardless to what settings I set up (as far as I could find), it purges my Start Menu most used applications list (the main (lefrmost) column of the ...
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Set Windows XP simple start menu via CMD/Registry
We're using temporary user accounts and when logging in, every time the classic start menu is restored.
The new two-column start menu is not blocked by policies. I can turn it on manually, but I want ...
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Folder Names on Start Menu then its directory
Is there any way I can make Windows Server 2003 show the name of folder I opened on Start Menu then whole directory of it, e.g. now I got 4 folders opened and they all showing me this,
C:\Documents ...
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Reset Windows 7 start menu learned order
Since upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 the start menu is unable to learn what I look for when I type to search. It actually works for most items (and all newly installed programs for example). But ...
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Windows 7 'All Programs' folders self-close on right-click
Odd issue on my Windows 7 Professional (32-bit) system.
If I click on the Start 'orb' then navigate to 'All Programs', then navigate to any of the folders that appear at the bottom of the list (like ...
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Disallow app to show MRU items on start menu
Is there a way to block an application from storing most recent used items in the start menu?
If not, is there a way to somehow tweak Chrome to disallow it?
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Start menu entries suddenly missing
I am using Windows 7 x64 SP1 with all updates applied. During the last weeks I observed that some start menu entries / folders suddenly disappeared. Those programs then sometimes can be found using ...
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recently used programs stopped updating Vista Home Premium 64
For some reason my list of recently used programs has stopped updating.
Any program that I "pin" to the start menu remains, but where you would normally expect to see the recent programs is just ...
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Pinned and recent programs disappeared from start menu
I tried to help out my father, but was unable to fix this: For his account the start menu pinned and recent programs disappeared. Programs can only be started by links on the Desktop or by going via ...
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Tool to find what window is stopping my Auto Hide
I frequently have a window that wants me to click on it. Some times I don't notice which one it is.
This causes my auto hide tool bar to not hide. I then have to play hide and seek with the window ...
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How can I restore Start Menu behaviour when clicking folders? (default shell)
I was experimenting with default open handlers for folders (to use an alternative file manager), so messing with HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Folder, Drive and Directory I was able to change the default ...
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'All Programs' Shortcuts are missing
Using Windows 7, when I go to Start -> All Programs I can see the full structure and all of the shortcuts, but when I click on one, nothing happens. I navigated to:
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Program (still) does not show up in windows 7 recent programs
I use Wunderlist (v2) a lot. I would like it to show up in my recent programs list on Windows 7, and I don't want to pin it to the top. But no matter how many times I run it, it does not show up on my ...
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Shortcuts in Windows XP start menu disappeared
I have a Windows XP Professional. I have a problem with default IE6. I upgraded to IE7 but still had the problem. Then, I used revo uninstaller to uninstall IE7 and back to IE6. I did choose revo ...
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Some Start menu items become unlocalized after sysprep
I successfully deployed Windows 7 on some computers.
Now, in the Start menu, some items are in French (the native installation language) and other are unlocalized. I can see Welcome Center and ...
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Windows 7 - Program wants to create shortcuts in C:\ProgramData when installed
I am trying to install a program in Windows 7, the program wants to install Start Menu shortcuts in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. However, the installation fails and the error ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 not showing Suspend, Hibernate in start menu
I am using Server 2008 R2 as a workstation. I noticed thet there are no Suspend and Hibernate options in the start menu:
How do I add them back? I am able to suspend or hibernate the machine by ...
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How to get my Windows Search to Search in the start menu again in Windows 7 64-bit?
It seems like my indexer is indexing, and when I click "see more results" I actually get results. But in the start menu I get nothing when I type. It says Searching... and see more results.
What ...
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Start menu content has disappeared after reinstalling C: partition
I have Windows 7 64bit with 2 partitions:
C:, which is system partition (~100GB)
D: partition (~600GB) for programs
[I've changed in Windows Registry default directory for new installed ...
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Windows XP Personalized Start Menu: how long until a program is hidden?
Yes, at work we're still on Windows XP. Our Start Menu is also forced to be the Classic Windows 2000-style that hides your programs. So my question is: how long is it until a program is hidden from ...
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Windows 7 libraries missing from start menu?
I was trying to stop an annoying error where renaming a new folder in Windows 7 (Starter OEM via Toshiba) would bring up the dreaded "cannot find item" error.
I was lead to uninstall Windows update ...
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Force quitting the software manager causes Linux Mint 9 windows to turn black and white
Whenever I force quit an application such as the software manager it causes my taskbar previews to turn black and white and the mint menu turns black and white. Most system applications and ...
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The Windows 7 Start Menu contains only one icon, can not removed
Now my Windows 7 start menu contains only one icon, I can not remove it by clicking the "Remove from the list" context menu item. I set the "store and display recently opened programs in the Start ...
