classic start menu

[iota999]

i use windows xp home, and i've set up my pc to use the
classic start menu. but is there any way i can customize
it even further so that i have only the following items
on it:

1.) turn off...

2.) run

3.)search (in this, i want only "files or folders", not
people or media or whatever else)

4.)settings (in this, i want only control panel,
not "printers and faxes" and "taskbar and start menu",
both of which i can access from the control panel anyway)

5.)programs


so basically, i'm sort of trying to build my own start
menu...please let me know if i can do this, it would be
really awesome if i could.

(the other stuff like my documents, and help and so on
i've already disabled through the "taskbar and start
menu" submenu under start-->settings.)

[Wesley VogelX]

Right click the Start button/Properties/Customize button/Add button/Remove
button/Advanced button.
Since you disabled Help and Support, Enable it and look there!!!!!!
Wes
The first thing to do, if you have questions, is LOOK in HELP, not disable it.

iota999 wrote:
> i use windows xp home, and i've set up my pc to use the
> classic start menu. but is there any way i can customize
> it even further so that i have only the following items
> on it:
>
> 1.) turn off...
>
> 2.) run
>
> 3.)search (in this, i want only "files or folders", not
> people or media or whatever else)
>
> 4.)settings (in this, i want only control panel,
> not "printers and faxes" and "taskbar and start menu",
> both of which i can access from the control panel anyway)
>
> 5.)programs
>
>
> so basically, i'm sort of trying to build my own start
> menu...please let me know if i can do this, it would be
> really awesome if i could.
>
> (the other stuff like my documents, and help and so on
> i've already disabled through the "taskbar and start
> menu" submenu under start-->settings.)

[William James]

Why do you use XP with 'flat' classic menu? XP is so much
3-D and neat. I have XP menu with only MyComputer and
Control Panel (right side) and Media player and Calendar
(left side). Very small menu...compact...13" screen.

You can get to:
Help/Support = WinKey+F1 (or F1 on desktop)
Run = WinKey+R (or r)
Find/search = WinKey+F (or f)
Check-out other keyboard combos.


>-----Original Message-----
>i use windows xp home, and i've set up my pc to use the
>classic start menu. but is there any way i can customize
>it even further so that i have only the following items
>on it:
>
>1.) turn off...
>
>2.) run
>
>3.)search (in this, i want only "files or folders", not
>people or media or whatever else)
>
>4.)settings (in this, i want only control panel,
>not "printers and faxes" and "taskbar and start menu",
>both of which i can access from the control panel anyway)
>
>5.)programs
>
>
>so basically, i'm sort of trying to build my own start
>menu...please let me know if i can do this, it would be
>really awesome if i could.
>
>(the other stuff like my documents, and help and so on
>i've already disabled through the "taskbar and start
>menu" submenu under start-->settings.)
>.
>

[Jeffrey Kaplan]

Previously on microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize, Wesley VogelX said:

; Right click the Start button/Properties/Customize button/Add button/Remove
; button/Advanced button.

That allows you to change what's shown in the Programs list and a few
others, but not all the other things.

--
Jeffrey Kaplan <*> www.gordol.org
The from userid is killfiled <*> Send personal mail to gordol

"I could take over the universe with this army if I could ever get all
their weapons pointed in the same direction." (Adm. Aral Vorkosigan
[Lois McMaster Bujold, "Shards of Honor"])

[Jeffrey Kaplan]

Previously on microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize, William James said:

; Why do you use XP with 'flat' classic menu? XP is so much
; 3-D and neat. I have XP menu with only MyComputer and

My guess would be personal preference. After reading your post, I
switched to the XP style menu, customized it to show only the items on
it I wanted (that I could customize) and it's still too frelling big
with things I don't want and a lot of wasted space.

--
Jeffrey Kaplan <*> www.gordol.org
The from userid is killfiled <*> Send personal mail to gordol

"I don't know. But Leo says--to solve a big problem, or complete a big
project, the secret is to break it down into little parts and tackle
then one at a time, in order." (Tony [Lois McMaster Bujold, "Falling
Free"])

[Wesley VogelX]

Jeffrey;
Try this, then: Right click the Start button/Explore All Users. You could
probably delete the whole enchilada, except for a couple or so, but I am not
going to try. :o)
I have mine the way I like.
Wes

Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
> Previously on microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize, Wesley VogelX
> said:
>
> ; Right click the Start button/Properties/Customize button/Add
> button/Remove ; button/Advanced button.
>
> That allows you to change what's shown in the Programs list and a few
> others, but not all the other things.