OMG I found an awesome way of organizing my Windows Start programs.

[Nik]

Accessories
Gaming
System Tools
Workstation

Everything gets organized into these 4 folders in mine.

 

[JTsyo]

I put my games into Steam. Firefox in quicklunch. Anything I use regularly (Excel, notepad) shows up without having to go into All Programs. I did pin calculator to the start menu too. That takes care of 99% of what I do on the computer.

 

[Tea Bag]

ZOMG

 

[eldorado99]

I haven't used the start menu since Windows 98.

 

[Nik]

I put my games into Steam. Firefox in quicklunch. Anything I use regularly (Excel, notepad) shows up without having to go into All Programs. I did pin calculator to the start menu too. That takes care of 99% of what I do on the computer.

There's no need to pin any common programs like calc or notepad. WinKey+R: notepad, calc, excel, winword, etc

 

[Kadarin]

I use a Mac, you insensitive clod!

 

[mizzou]

I have a horribly cluttered desktop, im a hopeless pc data hoarder

 

[FeuerFrei]

Hey I'm just glad you're organizing. I hate people that let the menu expand to multi columns.

Usually structure it with Games, Utilities, Media, Graphics, Network. Still on XP.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Pin most stuff to my task bar and keep 20 items in the recent list, I almost never have to even type what I need into the start menu.

It's pretty rare to use something not listed there, except MSPaint and Calculator, which I run from Start+R.

 

[Ichinisan]

I put my games into Steam. Firefox in quicklunch. Anything I use regularly (Excel, notepad) shows up without having to go into All Programs. I did pin calculator to the start menu too. That takes care of 99% of what I do on the computer.

I can't believe you'd waste taskbar space on that. Win+R "calc" [Enter] and you never even touch the mouse...

[edit] Nik beat me to it.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I can't believe you'd waste taskbar space on that. Win+R "calc" [Enter] and you never even touch the mouse...

Waste? Most people don't even use half of their taskbar, if it's blank it is wasted space. I fill about three quarters of my taskbar with program shortcuts, leaving the rest for running programs that aren't pinned.

 

[Ichinisan]

Hey I'm just glad you're organizing. I hate people that let the menu expand to multi columns.

Usually structure it with Games, Utilities, Media, Graphics, Network. Still on XP.

You don't get columns in Win7...unless you're stupid and use the old-style Start Menu.

Pin most stuff to my task bar and keep 20 items in the recent list, I almost never have to even type what I need into the start menu.

It's pretty rare to use something not listed there, except MSPaint and Calculator, which I run from Start+R.

It's annoying that there's even a fixed number. If Microsoft thought it through, the "most frequently used programs" list should always take up the full vertical space to show as much as possible.

Waste? Most people don't even use half of their taskbar, if it's blank it is wasted space. I fill about three quarters of my taskbar with program shortcuts, leaving the rest for running programs that aren't pinned.

Until Win7, running tasks took a lot of horizontal space. Having any extra crap down there that could be in the Start Menu is wasteful and causes the task buttons to be shorter and titles are chopped short. This hurts productivity when you're multitasking and can't tell which buttons are for which windows. For instance, seeing "Microso..." three times, you can't tell which one is the document you want.

 

[meltdown75]

Hey I'm just glad you're organizing. I hate people that let the menu expand to multi columns.

Usually structure it with Games, Utilities, Media, Graphics, Network. Still on XP.

don't you like mine? :awe:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/meltdown75/lol.jpg

 

[Fayd]

i pin web browsers, a comic viewer, media playing programs and mail to my taskbar.

my start menu has productivity software.

inside my all programs menu, programs are defined by program type: configuration (hardware shit that i dont mess with after install), media programs (sub menu editing, burning, players), games (sub menu RPG's, FPS's, RTS's) productivity software, internet software (browsers, chat progs, ftp, etc.)

it works for me.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

don't you like mine? :awe:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/meltdown75/lol.jpg

Be honest - how often do you click on that "MSN Explorer" item?

 

[FM2n]

Pin most stuff to my task bar and keep 20 items in the recent list, I almost never have to even type what I need into the start menu.

It's pretty rare to use something not listed there, except MSPaint and Calculator, which I run from Start+R.

Dude, go into customize and change your start icons to small. Your start menu doesn't go well with my fear of heights.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Dude, go into customize and change your start icons to small. Your start start menu doesn't go well with my fear of heights.

The icons allow me to locate what I'm looking for very quickly, reducing their size would make it more difficult. I don't read the labels.

 

[FeuerFrei]

don't you like mine? :awe:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/meltdown75/lol.jpg

I hate you, man D: heheh

 

[bfdd]

I've done this for YEARS. Using Vista and 7, I much like being able to put apps/docs/whatever in the start menu so I can access the things I'm using all the time real easily. The new task bar for 7 is awesome too.

 

[FM2n]

The icons allow me to locate what I'm looking for very quickly, reducing their size would make it more difficult. I don't read the labels.

Having to go so far UP to run an app can result in rug burn to lower wrist.

 

[Mide]

I used to organize my start menu a lot but now I have a life and don't care at all anymore.

 

[Anubis]

i used to hide startup as well but win 7 doesn't seem to like that

 

[slayer202]

my shit is so unorganized. I have about 20 folders named "other" for all kinds of things, old hard drives/computers/upgrades etc. applications on different hard drives, its a mess

 

[Gooberlx2]

I just press windows, and type in the program I want, and press enter.

A 100x faster than using the mouse.

This. If you're still on XP, install google desktop. Problem solved.

 

[Ichinisan]

This. If you're still on XP, install google desktop. Problem solved.

Win+R works on all 32/64 bit versions of Windows.