Name
Start Menu
Synopsis
The look and feel of the Start menu, a component of Windows Explorer (discussed in Chapter 4), can be controlled with the following settings. See also “Desktop” and “Windows Explorer”.
- Start menu, button look and feel
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Windows and buttons list
- Start menu, clear list of recently opened applications
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → General tab → Clear List
- Start menu, enable dragging and dropping (Classic Start menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Enable Dragging and Dropping
- Start menu, enable dragging and dropping (XP Start menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → Enable Dragging and Dropping
- Start menu, hide infrequently accessed applications (Classic Start menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Use Personalized Menus
- Start menu, highlight newly installed programs (XP Start menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → Highlight newly installed programs
- Start menu, look and feel
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → “Start menu” or “Classic Start menu”
- Start menu, number of recently opened applications to show (XP Start menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start ...
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