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to: Robert Comer
from: Rich
date: 2006-12-28 18:06:02
subject: Re: Start menu

From: "Rich" 

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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 =
news:4593ef6c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  > 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.

  --=20
  Bob Comer





  "John Beckett"  wrote in message=20
  news:0vr6p25atubfngoi9me9emcjetca7jutqf{at}4ax.com...
  > 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
  >=20


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   It is not
the set of most =
recently=20
used.  It is closer to most used.  The items at the top
of the = list=20
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
  message news:4593ef6c$1{at}w3.nls.net...>=20
  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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t;=20
  wrote in message news:0vr6p25atub=
fngoi9me9emcjetca7jutqf{at}4ax.com...>=20
  Gary Britt <GaryNOSPAMBritt{at}genera=">mailto:GaryNOSPAMBritt{at}generalcogster.com">GaryNOSPAMBritt{at}genera=
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