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It is not the set of most recently used. It is closer to most used. =
The items at the top of the list stay at the top of the list, assuming =
you use them. You can force any item off the list and you can pin items =
to the list.
Rich
"Robert Comer" wrote in message =
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> The XP Start menu does quite a nice job of showing frequently-used =
apps,
> and is configurable to, for example, "pin" Command Prompt to the =
main
> menu. You can right-click the menu items for useful functions.
I run too many apps for the most recently used apps to be of any use, =
and=20
you can put items in the classic start menu even easier than "Pin"ing =
them=20
there, just drag an icon to the start menu button.
I'll take the classic menus even though I never really liked them =
either.
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Bob Comer
"John Beckett" wrote in message=20
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> Gary Britt wrote in message
> news::
>> What is the advantage of the XP luna start menu over classic start =
menu?
>
> I might have used incorrect terminology. Like any sane person, I =
hate
> themes that put large, inscrutable icons everywhere. By
"classic", I =
meant
> the config change that reverts the Start menu back to how it was in
> Win2000 - no recently-used apps or pinned apps, and no access to =
Control
> Panel via a menu.
>
> The XP Start menu does quite a nice job of showing frequently-used =
apps,
> and is configurable to, for example, "pin" Command Prompt to the =
main
> menu. You can right-click the menu items for useful functions.
>
> Actually, I forget what you could not do in Win2000, I just know =
that
> whereas the new XP Start menu was just as shocking to me as it was =
to
> everyone else, I now find the Win2000 menu (when I rarely come =
across it)
> to be less useful ... although I can't quite remember all its slight
> issues.
>
> John
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used. It is closer to most used. The items at the top
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stay at the top of the list, assuming you use them. You can force
= any item=20
off the list and you can pin items to the list.
Rich
"Robert Comer" <bobcomer{at}mindspring.com>">mailto:bobcomer{at}mindspring.com">bobcomer{at}mindspring.com>
= wrote in=20
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The XP Start menu does quite a nice job of showing frequently-used=20
apps,> and is configurable to, for example,
"pin" Command =
Prompt to the=20
main> menu. You can right-click the menu items for useful=20
functions.I run too many apps for the most recently used apps =
to be of=20
any use, and you can put items in the classic start menu even =
easier than=20
"Pin"ing them there, just drag an icon to the start menu=20
button.I'll take the classic menus even though I never really =
liked=20
them either.-- Bob
Comer"John
=
Beckett"=20
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