How to "Always Show Full Menus" in Start Menu (not Office)

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Just One Question wrote:
> I have Windows XP Professional, but I have it configured in Start Menu
> Properties to use the Classic Start Menu. So when I click Start, then hover
> over Programs, it pops out the side menu, and that side menu always only
> shows the two or three folders or solo icons I've used recently. That is sooo
> annoying. I want it to stop trying to think for me and show everything like
> previous versions of Windows did. How do I do this? Sometimes if I hover over

Right Click on the Task Bar > Properties > Start Menu > Classic Start
menu > Customize > uncheck Use Personalized Menus

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Just One Question wrote:
> I understand how to make Office applications always show
> full menus instead of collapse to only show the most
> recently used, but I want to do that same thing in my Start
> button.
>
> I have Windows XP Professional, but I have it configured in
> Start Menu Properties to use the Classic Start Menu. So when
> I click Start, then hover over Programs, it pops out the
> side menu, and that side menu always only shows the two or
> three folders or solo icons I've used recently. That is sooo
> annoying. I want it to stop trying to think for me and show
> everything like previous versions of Windows did. How do I
> do this? Sometimes if I hover over the little expandy double
> down arrows which you click to expand to full menus, it'll
> give me a little tip, saying I can adjust this behavior in
> the Task Bar and Start Menu Properties. But I'm not seeing
> anywhere in there where I can do that. Help!

Right click on the Taskbar and select Properties.
Click on the Start Menu tab.
Click on Customize.
Uncheck "Use Personalized Menus".

Nepatsfan