De-alphabetize the Start menu?

In Windows Vista, no matter where I drag Start menu icons, they revert to
alphabetical order when I close and re-open the Start menu. I am using
Classic view with small icons, not the default wide-pane view.

I'd rather have commonly used shortcuts near the bottom and similar apps
grouped together. Surely this can be done, just like drag-sorting IE
Favorites? In WinXP it was the default method.

Jack

Jack wrote:
> In Windows Vista, no matter where I drag Start menu icons, they revert to
> alphabetical order when I close and re-open the Start menu. I am using
> Classic view with small icons, not the default wide-pane view.
>
> I'd rather have commonly used shortcuts near the bottom and similar apps
> grouped together. Surely this can be done, just like drag-sorting IE
> Favorites? In WinXP it was the default method.
>
> Jack
>
if you use the vista start menu u can turn off sorting. I don't see an
option in the classic menu view...

David <> wrote in
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> Jack wrote:
>> In Windows Vista, no matter where I drag Start menu icons, they
>> revert to alphabetical order when I close and re-open the Start menu.
>> I am using Classic view with small icons, not the default wide-pane
>> view.
>>
>> I'd rather have commonly used shortcuts near the bottom and similar
>> apps grouped together. Surely this can be done, just like
>> drag-sorting IE Favorites? In WinXP it was the default method.
>>
>> Jack
>>
> if you use the vista start menu u can turn off sorting. I don't see
> an option in the classic menu view...

If that's the only option I'll have to prefix each shortcut with 01, 02,
03...etc.. I have to assume there's a fix. The default wide Start menu is
less user friendly for me.

Jack