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Hi everyone,

I am trying to alphabetize my programs on my start menu
in WinXP Pro SP-1, and the "help" menu tells me to just
right click any program on the menu and select something
like "put in name order" or some such thing. Problem is,
when I right click on anything on my start menu, I don't
get a menu.

I used to administer a network at my old office, and I
always used to right click "My Computer" and
hit "properties" to do things like assign the correct
domain or change the computer's name, but on the computer
I have now, I don't even get a menu by right clicking "My
Computer".

Anybody have any idea how to correct this?

FWIW, I do have administrator privileges, and have tried
rebooting...

Many thanks.

- Frank

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:02:53 -0700, Frank wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to alphabetize my programs on my start menu
> in WinXP Pro SP-1, and the "help" menu tells me to just
> right click any program on the menu and select something
> like "put in name order" or some such thing. Problem is,
> when I right click on anything on my start menu, I don't
> get a menu.
>
> I used to administer a network at my old office, and I
> always used to right click "My Computer" and
> hit "properties" to do things like assign the correct
> domain or change the computer's name, but on the computer
> I have now, I don't even get a menu by right clicking "My
> Computer".
>
> Anybody have any idea how to correct this?
>
> FWIW, I do have administrator privileges, and have tried
> rebooting...
>
> Many thanks.
>
> - Frank

Control Panel (classic view)> Taskbar & Start Menu Settings> Start Menu>
Customize Advanced. Add check in box next to "Enable dragging and
dropping." Click OK.

Disabling this option removes the ability to organize the start menu by
dragging and dropping. It also disables right click menus in a few areas.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Sharon tyvm!!! You da woman! :) 

- Frank

>Control Panel (classic view)> Taskbar & Start Menu
Settings> Start Menu>
>Customize Advanced. Add check in box next to "Enable
dragging and
>dropping." Click OK.
>
>Disabling this option removes the ability to organize
the start menu by
>dragging and dropping. It also disables right click
menus in a few areas.
>
>--
>Sharon F
>MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:24:11 -0700, Frank wrote:

> Sharon tyvm!!! You da woman! :) 
>
> - Frank

You're most welcome, Frank!

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

83723,4,190317 said:
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:24:11 -0700, Frank wrote:

> Sharon tyvm!!! You da woman! :) 
>
> - Frank

You're most welcome, Frank!

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User[/quotemsg

Here it is in 2011 and this advise just helped me too, from pulling out more hair in frustration with the same problem....Thanks, hope its been a good 7 years, Murray
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