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Apps. This is getting quite silly.

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This is getting quite silly.

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  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2006
    I am coming in a close second place

    your program visible count @ 116 mine @ 104

    its too late for this.

    http://www.rsperlman.com/details.aspx?AlbumID=7&Page=0
  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2006
    Oh, and I also keep my taskbar at the top of the screen, just like you. My main reason for this is that all other menus in Windows drop down. With older Windows versions (or with the "classic" start menu), the "Programs" submenu would drop down, grow too large, then pop up -- this is counterintuitive and works against ones muscle memory. Having the taskbar at the top of the screen solves this.

    What's your reason for keeping it there?
  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2006
    There is considerable duplicate functionality in the programs visible there. I get the same functionality in half the amount.
  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2006
    Tidy Start Menu is quite good
    http://www.tidystartmenu.com/index.shtml
  • Anonymous
    January 07, 2006
    I've found that the Start menu doesn't seem to scale well past about twenty apps. Which, of course, means developers, IT staff and other techs often find it frustrating after a while, because we're pretty loaded up. (I keep mine in classic mode, with scrolling, so I don't know how I measure against yours.)

    I've found two solution which work well for me. One is ObjectDock, which looks and feels a lot (but not 100%) like the Mac OS's dock, and can be customized via folders of shortcuts. (Which, since they're manually created, only contain the shortcuts you want.) (I do recommend auto-hiding it so you don't lose screen real estate.)

    The other option is using extra Quick Launch toolbars. The taskbar allows you to create a Quick Launch toolbar off any folder of shortcuts, and by keeping several of them in an auto-hide toolbar docked to the left of the screen, there's room for (depending on your resolution) up to 40 or 50 frequently-used apps. The others can all hang out in the Start menu, still accessible, while the stuff you really need is a single click away, and toolbar itself is hidden until you need it.

    I use ObjectDock when I'm allowed by policy to install software, and the quick launch bars everywhere else (since they require no install and are part of Windows) ...
  • Anonymous
    January 07, 2006
    I've got an idea:

    Stop being lazy and clean it up. Drag and drop reorganization is a wonderful thing and takes only a few minutes.

    All this demonstrates is that you're a slob, not that there is something wrong with your computer or how the start menu works.
  • Anonymous
    January 07, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    January 07, 2006
    steven: Raymond did an entry on why there's an empty xerox, movie maker, etc. folder inside of Program Files. It explains why, but there doesn't seem to be an easy fix.
    http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/11/16/258220.aspx
  • Anonymous
    January 07, 2006
    try out one of the latest vista builds (5270) is safe. the start - search thing totally rocks. no more trawling through the UI!