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"All Programs" Window is Full - what can I do?
JAX wrote: David, from your posts, I figure you to be almost 15 years old. A long way off Jax, but only wrong by about 45 years, so I guess for you that is pretty close I recognize your name and the properties from your posts. Obviousely this is not an area in which you have any knowledge or skills then I will never try to help you again. Thank goodness for that if your last attempt is typical of your level of knowledge and attention to accuracy If you were mature, and smart enough, to be able to read and explore the information given you, The problem with the 'all programs' window is now fixed thanks to Frank and others - I haven't yet been able to download a driver for my floppy but am persevering David - who wonders why Jax has such a chip on his shoulder JAX "David" wrote in message ... Thanks Frank - following your instructions works fine David "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" wrote: sigh Right click the Start button. Click Properties Click the Start Menu tab. Click the appropriate Customize button. Click the Advanced tab. Scroll down the Start Menu items window until you find it. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ |
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"All Programs" Window is Full - what can I do?
Thanks - I will have a go at that
David Paul S. wrote: David, if you want you can switch to Classic view style. Click on Right click on the taskbar click on properties go on Start menu tab Click on Classic Start menu Click Customize Scrolldown and look for personalized menu uncheck the box. then close all the application window. "David" wrote: Hi All When I click on 'All Programs' the window that comes up is now full of programs/folders etc., That is, this window fills the screen and the last lot of software that I installed can not be seen as the window does not scroll vertically or horizontally. What is the answer here? Surely even crappy XP cant put a limit on how many applications you can install (well see and access I guess) but how can I make this window scroll to see and access all my applications? David |
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"All Programs" Window is Full - what can I do?
Hi David,
You must have realized that you were posting to a Windows user site and a comment like "CRAPPY XP" was going to draw some heat from users who are probably die hard Windows fans or users. That being said the whole flame skirmish that went on was un-needed. As far as Mac OS X being so much better than windows , just remember that OS X is just a shell on top of a Unix Kernel. "David" wrote: Hi All When I click on 'All Programs' the window that comes up is now full of programs/folders etc., That is, this window fills the screen and the last lot of software that I installed can not be seen as the window does not scroll vertically or horizontally. What is the answer here? Surely even crappy XP cant put a limit on how many applications you can install (well see and access I guess) but how can I make this window scroll to see and access all my applications? David |
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Of course you are right Mark - best to not post stuff like that here but one
does get frustrated when the OS is just so poorly designed and so unstable. I get so sick of reinstalling it and all my applications every time it lets some new application stuff it up. Mmm I am not sure tho that OSX is better tho - I really think Apple took a backward step in downgrading from OS 9.xxx - while OSX may be technically superior, it is in my view not so nice to use - if XP didn't crash and burn so often, I think I would rather use it than OSX (and I DO realise that is an almost sacraligious statement from a dedicated mac fan, but one has to be honest) David Mark wrote: Hi David, You must have realized that you were posting to a Windows user site and a comment like "CRAPPY XP" was going to draw some heat from users who are probably die hard Windows fans or users. That being said the whole flame skirmish that went on was un-needed. As far as Mac OS X being so much better than windows , just remember that OS X is just a shell on top of a Unix Kernel. |
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"All Programs" Window is Full - what can I do?
There is nothing logical or user friendly about Macs, without the loss of
functionality and advanced features. Also, I have seen many of the ridiculous things that Mac users must do (like the eject floppy disk thing). Back on topic, although putting things into groups (such as Music, Games, Internet, etc) can be helpful (and organized), make sure you do not narrow it down too far, or it will take too long to find anything. P.S. If you want an alternative to Windows, try Linux, not Macintosh. With Linux apps being completely open-source, you can find alternatives to anything for free (try http://www.sourceforge.net/). But, Linux is still nothing compared to Windows. "Bruce Chambers" wrote: David wrote: As I am a long term Mac user I am used to logical and user friendly ways of doing things I've seen Macs -- That statement a complete contradiction in terms. Dragging the floppy drive icon to the Trash Can to eject a floppy? How is that logical or user friendly? -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH |
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"All Programs" Window is Full - what can I do?
Okay..heres a bit more help...after going to properties on the "start" tab
click on the "start menu" tab at the top then look for the "customize" box in the lower right hand corner. Click that..then click on the "advanced" tab. Scroll down to the bottom and you will find the "scroll programs" box...make sure that it has an "x" in it then hit ok..then apply then exit. This will change your all programs listing to a different setting. On my computer (which by the way I think I had the same problem with - I could never see the program id's for new programs that I installed, hence I couldn't use the features there). I changed mine and now I can see all of my "missing" information but now my menu is almost all on the left hand side...I'm still playing with it so maybe I'll find the fix...but I wanted to help you out here with the added information. Anyone got any quick information on how I can spread out these menu listings to cover the page like it use to????? Hmmmmmm???? "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" wrote: "David" wrote in message Ah perhaps it is not me that needs to read Jaxi old fellow - I tried that and there is no advanced tab - just 'task bar' and 'start menu' tabs David - who wonders why some people go out of their way to be objectionable - especially when it turns out they don't know what they are talking about, like Jax JAX wrote: R-click Start, choose properties, advanced tab, scroll down and check "Scroll Programs". XP is not "crappy", read a little! JAX sigh Right click the Start button. Click Properties Click the Start Menu tab. Click the appropriate Customize button. Click the Advanced tab. Scroll down the Start Menu items window until you find it. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ |
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