Monday, April 18, 2005

Dumb Windows XP Menus!

My Problem:
First Windows XP hides infrequently used icons in the system tray, then it adds program shortcuts to my Start menu's left pane. Enough!

My Solution:
Take charge of your system tray icons: Right-click the "Start" button and choose "Properties", select the "Taskbar" tab, and uncheck "Hide inactive icons". Or you can decide for yourself which system tray icons you want to see and which you want out of the way by doing the following: leave "Hide inactive icons" checked, click "Customize", and then choose each icon one at a time and set its behavior to "Always show", "Always hide", or "Hide when inactive". If you don't want XP to add items to its Start menu list of frequently used programs, reopen your "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" dialog box, choose the "Start Menu" tab, click "Customize", and set "Number of programs on Start menu" to a figure of your choosing. Problem solved!

Thanks to PC World!(link)

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