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Re: Windows Menu System

From "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Windows Menu System
Date 2025-02-24 07:56 -0900
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Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Bill Bradshaw <bradshaw@gci.net> wrote:
>> Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> Yesterday, I wrote:
>>>
>>>>   Doesn't Windows just traverse the folder trees in
>>>> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and
>>>> C:\Users\<users>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>>>> Menu\Programs?
>>>>
>>>>   As I wrote, the standard menu already has two levels
>>>> (Accessories\ System Tools), so why can't Bill have the two levels
>>>> he wants?
>>>>
>>>>   So I think he should just try it: Create a 'System Utilities' top
>>>> folder, create a 'Backup' folder in it and then copy and paste
>>>> (copy instead of cut, just to be safe) the current Macrium and
>>>> EaseUS folders to the Backup folder (or is "Macrium & EaseUS" one
>>>> folder?) . Easy to try. If it doesn't work, he can always look for
>>>> something else.
>>>
>>>  I just tried what I suggested above and it works as expected.
>>>
>>>  In Open-Shell Menu, I can now just do:
>>>
>>> Start -> Programs -> System Utilities -> Backup -> Macrium ->
>>> Reflect -> Macrium Reflect
>>>
>>>  That starts Macrium Reflect, just like it did (does because I
>>> copied instead of cut) for:
>>>
>>> Start -> Programs -> Macrium -> Reflect -> Macrium Reflect
>>>
>>>  I didn't find 'System Utilities' in the native (Windows 11) Start
>>> menu, but that was not the purpose of this exercise. Perhaps it will
>>> appear after a re-login or reboot, who knows?
>>
>> I installed Open Shell which I use on the other computers and just
>> used one of the config files to set it.  Easier and I know the
>> program.
>>
>> Thanks,
>
>  I'm a bit confused.
>
>  What do you mean by "[I] just used one of the config files to set
> it"?
>
>  I'm not aware that Open-Shell Menu has any config files (just its own
> Settings ("Settings for Open-Shell Menu ...")), nor what they "set".
>
>  Did you accomplish to create/utilize
>
> Start -> Programs -> System Utilities -> Backup -> Macrium -> Reflect
> -> Macrium Reflect
>
> (or similar) like I did?

Maybe I was confusing.  At the bottom of the opening screen under the "Start 
Menu Style" selection there is a "Backup" button that will allow you to save 
your settings to an "XML" file.  You can use this file to move your settings 
from one Open Shell installation to another.

<Bill>

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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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