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| From | "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Windows Menu System |
| Date | 2025-02-22 15:12 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vpdb45$3b5q$4@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <m1sbrdF7cu4U1@mid.individual.net> <vpd4p7$2spm$1@dont-email.me> |
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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Re: Windows Menu System Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-24 12:51 -0500
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