All Programs feature in menu

[Damia]

When you click on start menu is there a setting to change
so you see all your programs at once? It drives me batty
because what I need is not in the "alotted" menu and then
have to hit the "All Programs" button, every single time
you want a program not shown? Thanx
>-----Original Message-----
>This was taken from a website:
>
>How it works
>System Restore monitors system files and creates
checkpoints at the time of
>significant system events (e.g., driver and application
installation) and
>periodically (every 24 hours). Periodical restore points
are only created
>when the CPU is idle. Additionally, users can manually
create restore points
>through the System Restore utility found in Start |
Programs | Accessories |
>System Tools.
>
>By default, System Restore will use up to 12 percent of
a user's hard drive
>to store restore points. This means that users can store
several restore
>points on the hard drive, which are ready to be rolled
back. The exact
>number of restore points depends on the available space
on the hard drive.
>Larger hard drives have more restore points that can be
saved. When there is
>not enough space, older points are deleted. All restore
points are
>compressed using NTFS compression.
>====================
>When a HP tech had me try and do a "system restore"
several weeks ago, there
>was *NO* restore points! Was this something we did
wrong? We never
>touched anything concerning restore points and were
surprised they weren't
>automatically there as this article says. Should we
manually do them this
>time? Anyone.... ?
>
>FS........
>
>
>.
>

[Sharon F]

On Tue, 18 May 2004 12:34:09 -0700, Damia wrote:

> When you click on start menu is there a setting to change
> so you see all your programs at once? It drives me batty
> because what I need is not in the "alotted" menu and then
> have to hit the "All Programs" button, every single time
> you want a program not shown? Thanx

The initial panel of the Start Menu holds "most frequently used programs."
It is not intended to hold shortcuts for all of your programs. "All
Programs" is the way to go to get to the rest of your programs.

You can fit more programs into the Start Menu panel by changing from Large
Icons to small in Start Menu Properties. Also bump up the number of
programs to be displayed. With small icons and the default options for the
other start panel items, you should be able to get about 10 programs
listed.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User