Hi Wesley,

Many, many thanks. Very useful indeed.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> With the Classic Start Menu, both of these need to be UNChecked.
> XP Start Menu doesn't have  Use Personalized Menus option.
>
> XP Start Menu >>
> Right click the Start button | Properties |
> Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab |
> Scroll down to and UNCheck:
>  Scroll Programs * |
> Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK
>
> Classic Start Menu >>
> Right click the Start button | Properties |
> Start Menu tab | Customize button |
> Scroll down to and UNCheck both of these:
>  Scroll Programs * |
>  Use Personalized Menus **
> Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK
>
> [*Specifies whether to display the items on the Programs menu as one long
> scrolling menu or as horizontal pages. Depending on your screen resolution,
> if you have more than 29 or 38 programs installed, and you select to have
> one long scrolling menu, you can access the programs you don’t see
> by clicking the arrow at each end of the list of programs.]
>
> [**Specifies whether to turn on Personalized Menus.
> Personalized Menus keeps the Programs menu clean by hiding items you haven't
> used recently, while still keeping other programs easily accessible. You
> can gain access to hidden programs by clicking the down arrow at the bottom
> of the Programs menu.]
>
> The columns are going to be as wide as the widest item. Look to see if you
> have some really long file/folder name(s) that you can shorten up.
>
> For example my longest item in the Start Menu is:
> Outlook Express Freebie Backup
> I could shorten it to:
> OE Freebie Backup
>
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:6D447D8F-2A88-4532-852A-FBC39132833F@microsoft.com,
> BigBoy <BigBoy@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Hi all,
> > Never done this before, so my apologies if I'm doing it wrong.
> >
> > When I click All Programs, the list that appears is in columns about
> > 3"/10cm wide & runs off the page. While I can of course use Scroll, I'd
> > rather have it the normal way & I'm sure the column widths shouldn't be
> > as large as they are; there must be a way of resetting but being a novice
> > I don't fancy fiddling.
> >
> > Has anyone come across this before? I'd be very grateful for any advice.
> >
> > (by the way, everything else is fine)
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Colin
>
>