Start menu - default to showing all programs?

[alexanrs]

Hi, I just installed Win7 retail (had Vista x64 before), and I'm tweaking it to my taste ^^

Already made everything as squary as it was baaaack in the day and made the taskbar behave a bit like the old one, setup my toolbars and everything is great (and more stable )

But the Start Menu is kind of annoying me... didn't really like neither CSMenu nor Seven Classic Start, so I decided to keep the menu as is, but I really don't like the whole "recent used programs", as I have my toolbars filled with shortcuts to all applications I normally use, and I usually go to the start menu only when I need to get some shady/hidden/buryed thing I don't use so often.... So, is there anyway to make the "all programs" display the default? So it will always show the full list everytime I display the start menu?

[alexanrs]

Oh, or is there a way to add a custom library to the menu? I found a workarround using a trick that has been out there since Win98 (renaming a folder like NameOfTheFolder.{CLSID}), and if I could add a library with it to the start menu, I'd get the best from both worlds... I'd retain the nice search bar AND the programs menu like the old days xD

[Insomneac]

is there anyway to make the "all programs" display the default? So it will always show the full list everytime I display the start menu?

Right-click the Start orb, then Properties.

In the Start Menu tab, under Privacy, uncheck box boxes then Apply and OK.

[alexanrs]

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but when I uncheck those boxes. all I get is turning the recent programs panel into empty space... I still need to click "All programs" to bring the list up

[Insomneac]

Only other thing I can think of is to drag or duplicate the program shortcuts from All Programs to the list.