How to manage the WinXP start menu OUTSIDE of "Documents a..

On Mon 21 Jan 2008 04:44:57, Donna Ohl, Grady Volunteer Coordinator
<donna.ohl DeleteThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:42:21 -0600, Ron May wrote:
>>
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/4t92w
>>
>
> Hi Ron May,
>
> Thank you very much for helping to answer the question posed!
> I think it worked. Time will tell if there are any issues.
>
> Here is what I did for others to try should they be not afraid to
> move the menus out of the Documents and Settings clutter into a
> location of their choosing.
>
> 0. Decide where you wish to store your customized menus:
> Start -> Run -> cmd <Return>
> c:\> mkdir c:\data\My Menus ... ooops... Windows is stupid when
> it comes to spaces.... try this instead of forever surrounding
> commands with quotes c:\> mkdir c:\data\menus
>
> 1. Copy existing personal well-organized menus (in this case, in
> "donna") FROM:
> C:\Documents and Settings\donna\Start Menu\My Menu
> TO: C:\data\menus\My Menu
>
> 2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive "User Shell Folders"
> key: Start -> Run -> Regedit
> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
> Folders
>
> Notice the set of values of type REG_EXPAND_SZ:
> Common AppData = %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data
> Common Desktop = %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop
> Common Documents = %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents
> Common Favorites = %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Favorites
> Common Programs = %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs
> Common Start Menu = %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu
> Common Startup = %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
> Common Templates = %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Templates
>
> 3. Change the "Common Start Menu"
> FROM: Common Start Menu = %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu
> TO: Common Start Menu = c:\data\menus
>
> 4. Voila!
> Reboot Windows XP and now your personalized menus are stored
> where you want them. Make sure the menus reflect EXACTLY the
> hierarchy you use for your programs and for your
> application-data directory, e.g., archivers, browsers,
> calendars, digitizers, editors, financials, games, hardware,
> internet, etc.
>
> Thanks go to Ron May & Franklin for this wonderful
> easy-to-follow tutorial! Donna

Awwww shucks, it was nothing. In fact it really was nothing. I didn't
reveal any of this to you and I didn't provide a tutorial. Nor did Ron.

I guess you must have known this all along.

Maybe you didn't realize it?