Question about 'What to do if You Hate the Start Menu'
Sunday, February 3, 2002 at 2:23 pm
Posted by Danilo
(2 messages posted)
Here is one solution to What to do if You Hate the Start menu:
Why not Get rid of the Start button altogether? Like this:
1. Ctrl+Esc, or a klick on the Start button, to activate it.
2. Esc, or a klick on the Start button, to close the menu but to keep the focus on
the pesky button.
3. Alt+dash (minus) pops up the System menu. The rest should be self-explainatory.
If you "Close" the Start menu there is no way to get it back without restarting Windows,
one way or another (yes, it will re-appear). If you're a more cautious type of person,
you might want to choose "Move" instead, after step #3... This has been successfully
tested on W95 and W98. It doesn't work on W2k, though.
A comment will also be added to the thread "Customize the Tray" describing a method
"how to get rid of all the icons in the tray with just a few keystrokes". That will,
BTW, make the Start button re-appear instantly.
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