New to WindowsXP-Add to "All Programs"?

[WildHorse]

Just moved from Windows98 to XP. Had long planned to fight the urge & move to Linux, but caved in.

Microsoft has a Help page explaining how to add items to the START menu, but it doesn't tell how to add items to Start/All Programs.

In Win98 that was easy, just go into "Settings\Advanced"

In XP, say I want to put a shortcut onto the Start\All Programs that didn't get put there automatically when a program was installed. How???

 

[igowerf]

It's in your Windows profile. "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu" or "C:\Documents and Settings\[your name]\Start Menu". The first one adds the shortcut for all users (shared) and the second one is just for your account.

 

[stndn]

If you want the link to show on all users:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs

If you want it to show on current user only:
C:\Documents and Settings\--user-login--\Start Menu\Programs

Or you can simply drag/drop the shortcut to the start > programs listing.

edit: never mind, i was looking at old page and didn't refresh so i didn't see the reply posted by igowerf