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Tip #426 - Customize the XP Start Menu

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Customize the XP Start Menu

You know about the "Start" button, right? It sits down in the lower left-hand corner of the toolbar waiting to be clicked whereupon it shall reveal its wealth of information. But what if you click it and you don't like the way it looks? This is especially true for nostalgic Win 98 users who were dragged kicking and screaming to Win XP.

Well, you can get some relief, and have fun, with the Start Menu properties. Just right-click Start and choose "Properties".

If you want your Start Menu to look like good 'ol Win 98, then select "Classic Start menu", otherwise leave it where it is for XP.

Next, click "Customize" to see all the things you can change. Would you like large or small icons? How many programs do you want showing? Do you want a browser or email client displayed?

Now choose the "Advanced" tab to tweak the items on the left-hand side of the menu: Search, My Music, Run, etc.

Once you have everything set, click OK.

You can easily control how much, or how little appears in your Start Menu. Yeah!

~ David

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