two start menus in XP?

[dbarton]

Looks like XP has two start menus. One for all users, and one for all users.

I am the only user, but time and again installs seem to put my folders in my start menu, rather than all users menu.

I'd prefer they alll went to "all users". Is that possible to have it default to that?

 

[bacillus]

Looks like XP has two start menus

do you mean when you bootup you get the choice of 1 or 2 for operating system, both of them being xp?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: bacillus

Looks like XP has two start menus

do you mean when you bootup you get the choice of 1 or 2 for operating system, both of them being xp?

Nope, he's talking about XP (and W2K), having a \Documents and Settings\(username)\Start Menu, as well as \Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu.

NT-aware apps are supposed to add themselves to the All Users\Start Menu, but generally, NT-unaware apps only install themselves into the Start Menu of whatever user is logged in, and you need to move/copy the start menu entries manually. That's just the way it is, sorry.

 

[NogginBoink]

Basically, you're depending on the app's installer to work properly.

Lamentably, this is often not the case. It's not an OS issue, it's the app's issue.

 

[pX]

crikey, i thought you meant there were two at a time. like visually you had two. thatd be sweet, i could put half my progs in one and half in the other. sheesh, screw two, i want more, one for dev, one for games, one for entertainment, etc etc. oh jeez 🙂

 

[dbarton]

This seems like a good small utility for someone to write.

"Start menu manager" or somethign like that. It's a drag digging thru all the menus to fix this every time a prog gets installled.

I'm the only one who uses my system, but I guess I'm not automatically logged in as an "all" user.

Is that a setting I can change?

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: dbarton
This seems like a good small utility for someone to write.

"Start menu manager" or somethign like that. It's a drag digging thru all the menus to fix this every time a prog gets installled.

I'm the only one who uses my system, but I guess I'm not automatically logged in as an "all" user.

Is that a setting I can change?

Nope, but I suppose you could write a small batch file that would copy the contents of \Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\ to \Documents and Settings\(your username)\Start Menu\ each time you log in. It's not a very eloquent method, but it might work. 🙂

 

[dbarton]

Since I'd want it to go to the "all users" directory and out of "mymenu", I guess I'd need to move all the files and kill the old directories..

Is there a DOS move command that moves files and the directories?

Good idea!