Nomi Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Hi,is there any tweak to sort Start Menu Programs alphabetically?if anyone finds plz share.: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestial Fury Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 just right click on any item in the start menu and select 'sort by name'Dont know how to make it permanent though - any new programs get put at the bottom of the listFury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrderDelete Start Menu or Start Menu2 subkey's depending on which you useCan also delete Favorites there if you want that autoOnce you reboot it start's doing it. http://www.winguides.com/registry/category.php/16/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 There is however a drawback, this only work's like once then system create's it again. You edit the registry permission's. Wanted to get this here before someone else say's it don't work....SoI have this saved to my drive and no idea where it came from.When you install a new program for a user, it doesn’t find its place in the alphabetical Start menu hierarchy right away; it hangs out at the bottom for a little while. If your users employ the Classic Start menu, they can realphabetize it manually by right-clicking the taskbar and choosing Properties, clicking the Customize button next to the Classic Start Menu, and clicking the Sort button. With the Windows XP style of Start menu, however, you don’t have an equivalent button. To make Windows always alphabetize the list, remove the permissions from the Registry key that controls the sort order for the Start menu. To do so, go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder Choose Edit | Permissions and click the Advanced button. Deselect the Inherit From Parent The Permission Entries That Apply To Child Objects check box and then click Copy when the Security dialog box pops up. Click OK and clear the Full Control entry for your account and all security groups you are a member of. Leave only Read permission.NOTICE: You can LOCK yourself out of thing's editing permission's, you're on your own. I know what I'm doing or either I think I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Symbiosis Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Don't know, if this interests, but you could use the following cmd file to do sort the start menu automatically, which coveres both start menu cases:start /wait reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu" /fstart /wait reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2" /fstart /wait taskkill /im explorer.exe /Fexplorer.exeThis works be cause the HKCU part of the registry reloads every time you restart the explorer.exe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid as a rock Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Don't know, if this interests, but you could use the following cmd file to do sort the start menu automatically, which coveres both start menu cases:start /wait reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu" /fstart /wait reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2" /fstart /wait taskkill /im explorer.exe /Fexplorer.exeThis works be cause the HKCU part of the registry reloads every time you restart the explorer.exe.am i understanding it good, you do this one time and the result stay for always? and do it works? can i do this too or better dont? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark007 Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 (edited) Here is a standalone exe [170kb] that i created just for this.It will alphabetize the Start Menu AND the Internet Explorer Favorites.It can be used unattendly if you wish,commandline switch: reorder.exe /SIt's as close to a permenant solution as you'll get.Reorder Directories Alphabeticallyshark Edited September 19, 2006 by Shark007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid as a rock Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Here is a standalone exe [170kb] that i created just for this.It will alphabetize the Start Menu AND the Internet Explorer Favorites.It can be used unattendly if you wish,commandline switch: reorder.exe /SIt's as close to a permenant solution as you'll get.Reorder Directories AlphabeticallysharkThanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid as a rock Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Here is a standalone exe [170kb] that i created just for this.It will alphabetize the Start Menu AND the Internet Explorer Favorites.It can be used unattendly if you wish,commandline switch: reorder.exe /SIt's as close to a permenant solution as you'll get.Reorder Directories AlphabeticallysharkThanks!! it dont give a permanent solution, after setup is finished and you install more program, the startmenu isnt ordered anymore. but ok, "as close to a permanent solution"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_laze Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Hi,I have a registry tweak that does this, isn't using this add-on duplication? Or does it differ somehow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumpy Dooby Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 [quote name='Shark007' post='416253' date='Nov 6 2005, 01:39 PM']Here is a standalone exe [170kb] that i created just for this. It will alphabetize the Start Menu AND the Internet Explorer Favorites. It can be used unattendly if you wish,commandline switch: reorder.exe /S It's as close to a permenant solution as you'll get. [url="http://shark.blackteabag.ch/"][b]Reorder Directories Alphabetically[/b][/url] shark[/quote] Hey Shark You know, you should always put in a command to run wscript to initiate the scripting engine. Sometimes people don't have the Script Engine associated as the default application with .vbs files. Personally, I always change the default action to "Edit" as opposed to "Open" so if I were to run your script, it would just open in Notepad. There are also people that associate .vbs and .js to open in whatever editor they prefer to use, or some other 3rd party debugging software. Just a suggestion and not really big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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