Author Topic: Sort start menu (Read 11664 times)

parkd1 · « **on:** May 12, 2014, 08:15:51 am »

The start menu is not being sorted. It there some things I can check to to get start menu to sort all my installed programs?

Shane · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2014, 12:20:55 pm »

Go to start menu list of the programs, right click anywhere on the list and you have an option to sort

Shane

parkd1 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2014, 08:27:28 pm »

That did it but will I have to do it again when I install a new program?

Shane · « **Reply #3 on:** May 13, 2014, 10:43:39 am »

Windows doesn't offer a way it looks like. I know in Windows vista, 7 and so on they stay sorted. You didn't tell me what version of Windows, but since the newer Windows stays sorted I assume you are on XP, so you have to do a little trick to make it stay sorted

http://www.theeldergeek.com/sort_menus_alphabetically.htm

Shane

parkd1 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 13, 2014, 10:53:30 am »

I am on windows 7 64 bit.

Shane · « **Reply #5 on:** May 13, 2014, 10:54:50 am »

If you are on Windows 7 then what style do you have the start menu set to, because on all my 7 machines the start menu stays sorted.

Shane

Shane · « **Reply #6 on:** May 13, 2014, 10:57:39 am »

Ah you have the sort setting unchecked

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-alphabetical-sorting-and-manually-change-order-of-start-menu-programs-list-in-windows-7/

Shane

parkd1 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2014, 11:09:06 am »

That was the first thing I check and checked it. Then did what you said and it worked. Now just installed to programs and it seem to be working fine now.