ashejoe

I've been trying to figure out how to modify the PROGRAMS LIST on the Vista HOME PREMIUM Start Menu.

Trouble is, everything I locate either seems to apply to Vista PRO. Or, describes how to change the "layout" of the Start Menu; meaning the right side icons for such things as the "Control Panel" / "My Documents" / etc.

What I'm trying to do is bring under control the seemingly endless list of programs that I have loaded. Each time I load a program, still yet another "line" gets added to the Programs List on the Start Menu.

I'm trying catagorize them. like I did in XP, into a more organized fashion.

So I've read, there some kind of Hidden Directory I need to access. But, I can't find it.

Thanks.

Placehold

Hello ashejoe

With regards to the program list itself you should be able to delete the programs that don't matter or you don't need direct
access to as the majority of these programs are just shortcut's. You should be able to locate their main storage folder in these two locations

C:\Users\"User Name"\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

With regards to the layout and altering the start menu, i have Home Premium so i know that these tweaks work


Registry Tweaks For Vista Basic & Home Premium Start Menu:

1. Select Start, type Regedit and select Regedit from the results.

2. Navigate to the following:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

3. On the right hand side Right click and select New, Dword (32 - bit) and add the following key names and either 1 or 0 to
enable or disable the function:


NoTrayItemsDisplay : Hides the Task Bar notification area

NoToolbarsOnTaskbar : Do not display any custom toolbars in the taskbar

QuickLaunchEnabled : Enable QuickLaunch bar display in the TaskBar

NoSimpleStartMenu : Disabling it will force the Classic Start Menu

NoStartMenuPinnedList : Remove Pinned Programs list from the Start Menu

NoStartMenuMorePrograms : Remove “All Programs” list from the Start menu

NoStartMenuMyGames : Remove Games from Start Menu

NoStartMenuMyMusic : Remove Music from Start Menu

NoStartMenuNetworkPlaces : Remove Network from Start Menu

NoTaskGrouping : Prevent grouping of Task Bar items

HideClock : Hides from the Task Bar notification area

NoSMBalloonTip : Remove Balloon Tips on Start Menu items

NoAutoTrayNotify : Turn off Task Bar area cleanup notification

LockTaskbar : Lock the Taskbar and prevents the User from moving or resizing it

NoSearchCommInStartMenu : If enabled Start Menu search will not search for Communications.

NoSearchProgramsInStartMenu : If enabled Start Menu search will not search for Programs.

NoSearchInternetInStartMenu : If enabled Start Menu search will not search for Internet History

NoSearchFilesInStartMenu : If enabled Start Menu search will not search for Files


Regards





Craig

ashejoe

Thanks again Placehold for assisting me on this, and the "less aggressive UAC" setting inquiry I made.

I really do appreciate your help.