Software makers need to learn START menu etiquette

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I don't know about you but I hate having my start menu fouled by multiple icons being place din there willy nilly.
I like to keep a tidy start menu so I don't have to spend ages hunting for items I need and whilst Vista aids the user in being able to type the first few letters of what you want and it appears it's still lazy in my books to have an un-organised start menu!

I like my start menu like this:
startmenu.jpg


Not like this:
startoldsmallcu9.jpg


How does everyone else manage their menus ?
 
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Mines like this, always used to keep it simple from XP days. However the excellent search feature in Vista means it doesn't matter too much now.

startmenu.jpg


Edit: Do agree though, they should have more organization as default from install. No idea why games always want to be installed in folders with the publishers name.
 
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Well I'm glad to see there's other people who also have an organised menu here!
 
Mine's like this:
4795_startmenu.jpg

I use a program called Vista Start Menu, it allow you to do all sorts of funky stuff, such as one click launch.
It works by assigning a program in a folder to the actual folder itself, so you don't need to go into the folder to launch the program, you just click the folder it's in.
Details and features.
Mine does need a little tidy up, though. :o
 
You think yours is a mess?
See mine lol:



I really need a cleanup lol.



And Vista, well, it's about the same as an almost clean install just with bare essentials such as codecs, dx9, etc...
Barely use Vista since my first Vista went fubar after a mobo change, at least there's trusty xp wich has gone through over 5 mobo changes and still works, hate clean installs, way too much to configure & install.
 
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snowdog said:
You think yours is a mess?
See mine lol:



I really need a cleanup lol.



And Vista, well, it's about the same as an almost clean install just with bare essentials such as codecs, dx9, etc...
Barely use Vista since my first Vista went fubar after a mobo change, at least there's trusty xp wich has gone through over 5 mobo changes and still works, hate clean installs, way too much to configure & install.
Click to expand...

I can see why you'd hate a clean install with all that *** ! :o
 
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