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re: Question about 'Why are some entries missing from the Start Menu?' Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 4:55 am Posted by Guy (98 messages posted) I think it is usefull too. When I use my computer a few months, the start menu is full of crap. This feature helps me by hiding all that crap. What's the harm in clicking once more when you want to start a program you've never used? On Saturday, October 20, 2001 at 12:03 am, benjamin wrote: >i wouldn't consider this one of the worst design ideas ever, i actually find it useful >- beats sifting through a hundred odd start menu items for something you use every >day. the longer you use it, the less frequent changes in your start menu too. > >and if you really do hate it, you can turn it off. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Why are some entries missing from the Start Menu?' Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at 12:28 pm Posted by Jesse Bickel (1 messages posted) That's why you should think ahead, and make your own start menu categories to put stuff in so you don't have hundreds in one screen. Even if you don't think ahead, you can make folders later and organize. On Saturday, October 20, 2001 at 12:03 am, benjamin wrote: >i wouldn't consider this one of the worst design ideas ever, i actually find it useful >- beats sifting through a hundred odd start menu items for something you use every >day. the longer you use it, the less frequent changes in your start menu too. > >and if you really do hate it, you can turn it off. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Why are some entries missing from the Start Menu?' Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at 4:30 am Posted by redsun (2 messages posted) holy people, just organize the start menu..... categorize it... delete useless crap... On Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 4:55 am, Spike wrote: >I think it is usefull too. When I use my computer a few months, the start menu is >full of crap. This feature helps me by hiding all that crap. What's the harm in clicking >once more when you want to start a program you've never used? > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Why are some entries missing from the Start Menu?' Thursday, September 26, 2002 at 2:12 pm Posted by Terry (1 messages posted) But you can go to Windows/Start menu and edit all you want to make the start menu readable and logical. It's just a bunch of folders after all. Disappearing the entries (with this option) is lousy design. I turn it off, but then I also go in and edit the grouping of the programs/folders so when I hit START PROGRAMS, I see a logical, simple list. Terry On Saturday, October 20, 2001 at 12:03 am, benjamin wrote: >i wouldn't consider this one of the worst design ideas ever, i actually find it useful >- beats sifting through a hundred odd start menu items for something you use every >day. the longer you use it, the less frequent changes in your start menu too. > >and if you really do hate it, you can turn it off. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Why are some entries missing from the Start Menu?' Monday, February 17, 2003 at 10:49 am Posted by chris (1 messages posted) I think it is disgusting - I hate it and i will be turning it off. On Saturday, October 20, 2001 at 12:03 am, benjamin wrote: >i wouldn't consider this one of the worst design ideas ever, i actually find it useful >- beats sifting through a hundred odd start menu items for something you use every >day. the longer you use it, the less frequent changes in your start menu too. > >and if you really do hate it, you can turn it off. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Help, setting is gone Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at 11:01 am Posted by Matthew Sykes (2 messages posted) hi, Err, I know this sounds domb but I lost how to get to taskbar options. I hav only just moved up to 2K and I was on windoze 98 SE. There is NO settings menu on my Start menu and it isnt in the Control Panel. I tried right- clicking and Properities. But It said to me "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator" I am the Admin, and have even tried doing this job logged in as Admin user. It doesn't work. I hav a feeling that this problem was on windoze98 as well but I'm not sure. Can you help me remove it.... This system of settings is CRAP I think I love Linux much better but I felt I should have both, this is my duel boot sys. Thanx alot if you can hlp me :) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Why are some entries missing from the Start Menu?' Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 12:00 am Posted by Win ME User (2 messages posted) That depends on your take. If you are scared of your computer or too lazy to organize your Start Menu, then this feature is really greate. But if you are someone that organizes your Start Menu, then this feature really sucks. Note - If you clean up the extra entries (like manuals, product URL links, etc.) from your Start Menu, then you would not have so much crap in the Start Menu. Also uninstall the warez that you don't want anymore also helps out in cleaning out some of that crap from your Start Menu too. On Saturday, October 20, 2001 at 12:03 am, benjamin wrote: >i wouldn't consider this one of the worst design ideas ever, i actually find it useful >- beats sifting through a hundred odd start menu items for something you use every >day. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Why are some entries missing from the Start Menu?' Tuesday, November 4, 2003 at 5:04 pm Posted by doude (1 messages posted) No this feature is NOT great. It is stupid. The bottom line is organize your own crap, if you rather have windoze do it for you thats your problem. Why do most people have to suffer from the lazyness or lack of intelligence of a few ? Actually the worst is not the Start menu but the applications like IE and Outlook. Anybody has a trick to turn that off ? (example: some of my favorites always disapear when I look for them and this is REALLY fustrating) On Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 12:00 am, Win Me User wrote: >That depends on your take. >If you are scared of your computer or too lazy to organize your Start Menu, then >this feature is really greate. >But if you are someone that organizes your Start Menu, then this feature really sucks. > >Note - If you clean up the extra entries (like manuals, product URL links, etc.) >from your Start Menu, then you would not have so much crap in the Start Menu. Also >uninstall the warez that you don't want anymore also helps out in cleaning out some >of that crap from your Start Menu too. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Why are some entries missing from the Start Menu?' Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at 11:37 pm Posted by poetfreak (2 messages posted) Anybody has a trick to turn that off? Nobody said how to turn the damn "feature" off... I do organize, but I also have a lot of software. It SUCKS, plain and simple. In office, in windoze, in theory and /most of all/ in reality... [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum