CLASYS Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 'scuse if this is an old topic:I have a large/long Start Menu in 98SE and the default behavior is to show only the elements that fit from top down. At the bottom is an arrow I can place the cursor on that will send the menu up, eventually so only the bottom most are on the screen and the arrow is now on the top. Stopping short of this, arrows will appear on the top and bottom.Isn't there a setting somewhere to make it instead open multiple column so that all of the items are on the screen at the same time [unless I run out of screen space for all the columns!].I believe this is the default behavior for Win95 that I seek.On a related note: How do you get sorting of the Start Menu items? I run CCleaner to remove something called the menu-order cache, this seems to help.tia,cjl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Mine is plenty long as well (72 items)... I know that XP allows to switch between scrolling and opening a second menu list but I don't think there is such an option in 98se.As for sorting the start menu... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 you can change the behaviour by a registry tweakREGEDIT4[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]"StartMenuScrollPrograms"="NO"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"StartMenuScrollPrograms"="NO"i generated this with xsetup so try that if it doesnt work or ask mdgx because he probably knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noguru Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 you can change the behaviour by a registry tweakREGEDIT4[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]"StartMenuScrollPrograms"="NO"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"StartMenuScrollPrograms"="NO"i generated this with xsetup so try that if it doesnt work or ask mdgx because he probably knowsYes he does, it's on his site: link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLASYS Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 Mine is plenty long as well (72 items)... I know that XP allows to switch between scrolling and opening a second menu list but I don't think there is such an option in 98se.As for sorting the start menu...Perhaps because of 98lite CHUBBY shell, but no such option when I right-click on the Start Menucjl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Mine is plenty long as well (72 items)... I know that XP allows to switch between scrolling and opening a second menu list but I don't think there is such an option in 98se.As for sorting the start menu...Perhaps because of 98lite CHUBBY shell, but no such option when I right-click on the Start MenucjlI don't use 98lite. This is a standard explorer.exe v4.10.2222 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 The registry change should just change the startmenu in columns rather than a scrolling column i wouldnt of thought it had anything to do with 98lite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLASYS Posted June 1, 2006 Author Share Posted June 1, 2006 The registry change should just change the startmenu in columns rather than a scrolling column i wouldnt of thought it had anything to do with 98liteThat's correct. And it works fine in 98lite. However, I don't seem to have a sort menu command!Perhaps there is a registry patch to restore that function?cjl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Maybe these tips will help:http://www.mdgx.com/newtip13.htm#MENUCOLhttp://www.mdgx.com/newtip16.htm#TOMEhttp://www.mdgx.com/newtip13.htm#STARTORDHTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredledingue Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 To sort your start menu go to Start, Settings, TakBar &Start Menu.Click "Advanced".Or go straight to C:\Windows\Start Menu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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