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Comment from Damian on 2009-10-07

2009-10-07T22:07:54Z

To think, i was so close to solving this myself. Anyway your article helped Leo, thanks.

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Comment from Vic Meuer on 2008-08-08

2008-08-08T23:27:21Z

Thanks. Makes my start menu useable again.

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Comment from banzemanga on 2008-05-22

2008-05-23T01:59:05Z

Thanks. That was one of the best tutorials ever.

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Comment from keka on 2008-04-04

2008-04-05T02:36:49Z

hi leo. thanks for the great help. i adjusted various settings on your advice and they made my desktop even more user friendly.

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Comment from Kasper on 2008-03-07

2008-03-07T16:48:50Z

I've got a very similar question. Under the classic start menu, you have the ability to use 'personalized menus' which, if I understand correctly, hides the least commonly used programs in the programs list. Here's the question, is there any way to do that in the XP styled start menu?

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Comment from brian on 2007-11-03

2007-11-03T23:21:39Z

thank you so very much! that's one of winxp features i really really hate! i wanted to always see the items in Programs menu now it's fixed. the phrase "use personalized menus" sounds so obscure it seems like winxp is trying to prevent people from disabling the feature! heehee!

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Comment from james on 2007-04-30

2007-04-30T22:45:57Z

thanks!!! sooo.. annoying!!

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-04-08

2007-04-08T16:39:13Z

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Well, the original question does say "In Windows", however...

Take Word, for example: right click on your menu bar, and click on
"Customize...". Then click on the "Options" tab, and therein click on "Always
show full menus".

Excel and other Office apps work similarly.

Leo
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Comment from Rick on 2007-04-06

2007-04-06T18:03:42Z

I think the original question was the same one I have - not in the Start menu, but in Office programs, such as Excel, a user has to click an arrow to get all the menu choices. How do I turn that feature off so that, when I select an Excel menu, the whole menu shows at once?

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Comment from Mrs. Church on 2007-01-27

2007-01-27T20:44:17Z

Thank you so much! It's been a couple of years since I got a new computer and for the life of me I couldn't remember how to fix the display issue of all programs. I feel so much more complete now.

Super thanks! ~ Mrs. Church

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Comment from JD on 2006-08-25

2006-08-25T23:35:42Z

how can I get my programs to display on my desktop when I click on the icons. It shows up in the task bar but the desktop is still showing. I can see a splash the immediatly goes to the top left of the screen but I can't see the running program. I'm using XP-Pro w/sp2

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Comment from Bill Savage on 2006-07-23

2006-07-23T12:40:54Z

I use the "classic start menu" in Windows XP Pro, and have "scroll programs" unchecked and "use personalized menus" checked. However, starting several months ago, all of my programs are listed, even those I have not used in months. My guess is that a registry entry got deleted by a registry cleaner program. Can you help me get back to hiding the unused programs? Thanks.

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Comment from Liz Myhre on 2006-06-01

2006-06-02T04:35:43Z

Thanks Leo, the hiding of unused start menu items has been driving me NUTS! "Use Personalized Menus" sure doesn't read as "hide unused programs" to me! Fixed now.

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Comment from Leo on 2006-02-20

2006-02-21T05:07:13Z

msconfig, or one of the tools listed in this article: http://ask-leo.com/whats_all_this_stuff_running_after_i_boot_windows.html - I prefer autoruns, myself.

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Comment from RICK on 2006-02-20

2006-02-21T03:37:50Z

HOW DO I STOP A PROGRAM FROM STARTING UP WHEN I START UP MY SYSTEM, I USE XP. THANKS RICK

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Comment from David on 2006-02-04

2006-02-04T19:29:20Z

I have the clssic start menu and two monitors. When I move the cursor over "programs", I get the program list spread over the two monitors but only up as the first couple starting with the letter "O" on approximately a third of the area of the second monitor. I would add that I do have rather a lot of programs that I like to experiment with and some do certain things better than others, which is why I keep them. I wonder why the others later on in the order aren`t displayed? I can get them to scroll, but I would rather have them all on view at once.

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