Tidy start menu v3.4
As time goes by, the list of the programs in the Start Menu becomes too long. As a result, each time you want to launch a program, it takes too much time to find it in the menu.
The "Tidy Start Menu" program will help you to put the menu in order and make your work comfortable.
For setting the menu in order, the program offers you to categorize the Menu. For example, the Internet programs can be put into the "Internet" category, while all games can be included in the "Games" category. Thus, after using the program, you will have a compact menu, which will contain nothing but categories' names.Therefore, it will be no trouble to find a necessary program.
All things the program performs can be done manually. However, with the help of the program, it becomes much easier and handier.
How it works
Computer shortcuts are small files containing only the location of another file. In fact, a shortcut contains little information so it is small. Shortcuts are usually stored on the desktop and have a small white square in the corner with an arrow on it.
In multiuser operating systems, such as Windows XP, shortcuts and folders from the Start menu are stored in the following folders -
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
For all users
C:\Documents and Settings\John\Start Menu
For the user John
To access these shortcuts and folders, just right-click the Start button and select "Explore"
As you see, you can manually group items into categories in Explorer. All the program does is just copying or moving files to the necessary folders. But it is a simplified point of view.
If you group items manually, you will have to do it in two folders: the folder common for all users and the folder used by the current user. Thus, you will have to do the job twice.
Besides, the program uses a special interface that fits the process of grouping items into categories better than Explorer and has some additional features (import, export, etc.).
That is why the program will allow even an advanced user to considerably reduce the time needed to group item into categories and then use this grouping again.
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