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by warrenl

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When I click Start then programs, and the programs are shown, How can I add columns so that all the programs are shown on the screen? Mine are in columns that contain hiden programs that I must scroll up or down in order to see all of them.

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by b_pope

go to this site & click on advanced search upper left corner then type "start menu scroll" in the keyword box. The one your looking for should be "enable start menu scrolling" just click it & should explain what to do.

http://www.winguides.com/

by b_pope

When you get to the registry key depending on which OS your using it might say "false" if so change to "true".

don't forget to back up your registry first & have a current startup disk made.

by warrenl

I found out that Win98SE that I am using has a box to check to put the programs in columns.

Start/Settings/folder option/view, and check the box multi-start menu style.

Thanks for your help, which I did try, but the programs came up in columns one time, and then went back to scrolling again'

Best regards,

Warren

by thechas

As an alternative, you can use the advanced option in settings/start menu, and create several folders and group related programs together in the folders.

This way you can have related programs together, and reduce the clutter that you have on thestart menu.

One extra advantage of doing this, is that you can create shortcuts to a menu and place them on the desktop for frequently used programs.

I set up folders on the start menu, under programs for: Applications, Games, Reference, Internet, Digital Imaging, etc.
I then drag the folders and shortcuts for the programs into the appropriate folder.

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