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Re: Windows Menu System

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Subject Re: Windows Menu System
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On 2/22/25 01:25 PM, Newyana2 wrote:
> On 2/21/2025 5:08 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
>> I use Open Shell on my computers except for a Windows 10 tablet.  I am
>> trying to build a menu system with various levels.  I know there are at
>> least 2 programs out there that are suppose to simplify this.  You are
>> suppose be able to do this with shortcuts but I can not get it to work.
>> Would somebody provide the names of those menu programs?
>>
> 
>       It's just folders. I open the all users start menu folder and
> create subfolders, like Office, Internet, Utilities, Graphics, etc.
> Then I put all the actual program shortcuts into those folders.
> If necessary I rename the shortcuts. If the shortcut says,
> "The Amazing Acme Editor v. 4.56" I just rename it to "Acme Editor".
> 
> So Office has Libre Office Writer, Wordpad, PDF View, WinMerge.
> Graphics has Paint Shop Pro, IcoFX, IrfanView, etc.
> 
>    Once I've distributed the shortcuts I delete the leftover
> junk, like unistaller links, website links, etc. Then I open the
> user start menu folder and anything in there that's not in
> all users gets moved into one of my topical folders. Then I
> delete everything else, leaving the user start menu folder
> empty.
> 
>    The Start Menu Programs menu is just a reflection of whatever
> folders/lnks you have in your Start Menu Programs folder. Here's
> a picture of mine:
> 
> https://pictr.com/image/xLem7X
> 
Great job.  Like it.  Now isn't that easier than all this junk windows is doing?
That's why I like Linux.  It's that way by design.
>   With Open/Classic Shell you can just right-click the Start button
> to access each of those folders.


-- 
Linux Mint 22.1, Cinnamon 6.4.7,  Kernel 6.8.0-53-generic
Thunderbird 128.7.0esr, Mozilla Firefox 135.0
     Alan K.

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Windows Menu System "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2025-02-21 13:08 -0900
  Re: Windows Menu System "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-02-21 17:16 -0500
    Re: Windows Menu System Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-22 10:43 +0000
      Re: Windows Menu System "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2025-02-22 08:26 -0900
        Re: Windows Menu System "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-02-22 12:45 -0500
          Re: Windows Menu System Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-22 19:08 +0000
            Re: Windows Menu System "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-02-22 15:10 -0500
            Re: Windows Menu System Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-23 11:26 +0000
              Re: Windows Menu System "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2025-02-23 09:17 -0900
                Re: Windows Menu System Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-23 18:41 +0000
                Re: Windows Menu System "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2025-02-24 07:56 -0900
                Re: Windows Menu System Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-24 12:51 -0500
                Re: Windows Menu System Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-24 18:23 +0000
                Re: Windows Menu System "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2025-02-25 08:25 -0900
                Re: Windows Menu System "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-25 05:02 -0800
  Re: Windows Menu System Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-22 13:25 -0500
    Re: Windows Menu System "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-02-22 15:12 -0500
      Re: Windows Menu System Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-22 19:17 -0500

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