Where are the ... Windows\Start Menu\Programs lists in Win7?

I have never liked the way Windows arranges the shortcuts in the Start
Menu. For many years I have been setting up my own, which mirrors my
work habits. I know there are multiple lists (at least two) and that I
must coordinate them in order to have a clear presentation in Start |
All Programs. I have found one of the lists, but there are still unruly
entries which I cannot access. The list I have found is at:
\Users\user\AppData\Roam\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. Where is
the other Programs list? I had no problem finding it in 95, 2000, XP,
but I have searched every term in the string, even unhiding files,and
Win7 stubbornly refuses to yield up the information. Please help!

Avraham Hanadari

"Avraham Hanadari" <> wrote in message
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> I have never liked the way Windows arranges the shortcuts in the Start
> Menu. For many years I have been setting up my own, which mirrors my work
> habits. I know there are multiple lists (at least two) and that I must
> coordinate them in order to have a clear presentation in Start | All
> Programs. I have found one of the lists, but there are still unruly
> entries which I cannot access. The list I have found is at:
> \Users\user\AppData\Roam\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. Where is
> the other Programs list? I had no problem finding it in 95, 2000, XP, but
> I have searched every term in the string, even unhiding files,and Win7
> stubbornly refuses to yield up the information. Please help!
>
> Avraham Hanadari

I don't know what you mean by "other" program list.
Windows 7 is just like Vista - Start Button-All Programs for ALL installed
Programs or just the Start Button for recently-used Programs.
How simple do you want it?

And BTW this group is for VISTA, as in the title.
If you have Win 7 queries then go here:

Windows 7 Forums:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/

Non MS News group: alt.windows7.general

Gordon wrote:

> And BTW this group is for VISTA, as in the title.

That's funny. No one uses Visa anymore (not even Frank). Windows Me was
used longer than Vista, the worst OS MS has ever made.

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Alias

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> Gordon wrote:
>
>> And BTW this group is for VISTA, as in the title.
>
> That's funny. No one uses Visa anymore (not even Frank). Windows Me was
> used longer than Vista, the worst OS MS has ever made.
>

I have to say that the traffic appears to have dropped dramatically in this
group - even allowing for the killfiling of several idiots...

Death wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> Gordon wrote:
>>
>>> And BTW this group is for VISTA, as in the title.
>> That's funny. No one uses Visa anymore (not even Frank). Windows Me was
>> used longer than Vista, the worst OS MS has ever made.
>>
>
> Death still uses Vista.
> Poor Death.
>

Yeah, but you also use Ubuntu.

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Alias

Gordon wrote:
>
> "Avraham Hanadari" <> wrote in message
> news:##...
>> I have never liked the way Windows arranges the shortcuts in the Start
>> Menu. For many years I have been setting up my own, which mirrors my
>> work habits. I know there are multiple lists (at least two) and that I
>> must coordinate them in order to have a clear presentation in Start |
>> All Programs. I have found one of the lists, but there are still
>> unruly entries which I cannot access. The list I have found is at:
>> \Users\user\AppData\Roam\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. Where
>> is the other Programs list? I had no problem finding it in 95, 2000,
>> XP, but I have searched every term in the string, even unhiding
>> files,and Win7 stubbornly refuses to yield up the information. Please
>> help!
>>
>> Avraham Hanadari
>
> I don't know what you mean by "other" program list.
> Windows 7 is just like Vista - Start Button-All Programs for ALL
> installed Programs or just the Start Button for recently-used Programs.
> How simple do you want it?
>
> And BTW this group is for VISTA, as in the title.
> If you have Win 7 queries then go here:
>
> Windows 7 Forums:
>
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...egory/windows7
>
> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/
>
> Non MS News group: alt.windows7.general
>
>
>
Same problem in Vista and Win7. I'm not talking about the list "in Start |
>> All Programs" as noted above, but rather the actual lists, the
location of one of which I provided. "How simple do you want it?"

Since MS, in its usual infinite wisdom, has chosen to create
inaccessible and uninformative forums, rather than use the newsgroup
channel, I was forced to access a Vista group. The problems are
sufficiently similar to justify this approach. Is that simple enough?

Thanks for your input.

Avraham

Hi,
Is the other folder/list the one at Local
Disk\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windo ws\Start Menu?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"Avraham Hanadari" <> wrote in message
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> I have never liked the way Windows arranges the shortcuts in the Start
> Menu. For many years I have been setting up my own, which mirrors my
> work habits. I know there are multiple lists (at least two) and that I
> must coordinate them in order to have a clear presentation in Start |
> All Programs. I have found one of the lists, but there are still unruly
> entries which I cannot access. The list I have found is at:
> \Users\user\AppData\Roam\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. Where is
> the other Programs list? I had no problem finding it in 95, 2000, XP,
> but I have searched every term in the string, even unhiding files,and
> Win7 stubbornly refuses to yield up the information. Please help!
>
> Avraham Hanadari

"Avraham Hanadari" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> Gordon wrote:
>>
> Same problem in Vista and Win7. I'm not talking about the list "in Start |
> >> All Programs" as noted above, but rather the actual lists, the
> location of one of which I provided. "How simple do you want it?"
>
> Since MS, in its usual infinite wisdom, has chosen to create inaccessible
> and uninformative forums, rather than use the newsgroup channel, I was
> forced to access a Vista group. The problems are sufficiently similar to
> justify this approach. Is that simple enough?
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Avraham

As I said "how simple do you want it?" I don't understand what you are
attempting to do. Why not just leave things as they are? It's quite
straightforward...

Avraham

I do not have an Vista in front of me at present only a W2K8 and you have the Start
Menu in Administrator,Users,Default User, Guest.
As you say the list for the Start Menu is spread between all four. Just to let you
know I also do the same as you

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"Avraham Hanadari" <> wrote in message
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>I have never liked the way Windows arranges the shortcuts in the Start Menu. For
>many years I have been setting up my own, which mirrors my work habits. I know
>there are multiple lists (at least two) and that I must coordinate them in order to
>have a clear presentation in Start | All Programs. I have found one of the lists,
>but there are still unruly entries which I cannot access. The list I have found is
>at: \Users\user\AppData\Roam\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. Where is the
>other Programs list? I had no problem finding it in 95, 2000, XP, but I have
>searched every term in the string, even unhiding files,and Win7 stubbornly refuses
>to yield up the information. Please help!
>
> Avraham Hanadari

Alias expressed an opinion:
> Gordon wrote:
>> And BTW this group is for VISTA, as in the title.
>
> That's funny. No one uses Visa anymore (not even Frank). Windows Me was
> used longer than Vista, the worst OS MS has ever made.
>
No it isn't. I use Vista and have very few issues with it that are not
directly related to third party software. Most of the bad press ME and
Vista received was repeated by people that never tried them.

I also use Visa all the time, because I don't like Master Card. :-D

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