does this feature annoy you?

[purplecow]

The start button in Win2K ... does it bother you that it automatically hides items after not being used for a while? It bothers me ... how can I get rid of it?

 

[BigToque]

right click on taskbar and select properties. uncheck the "use personalized menus" option

 

[shiner]

Just wait until you encounter the unused icons wizard in Windows XP....

 

[purplecow]

Thanks Stef; what else does this do, or is that all?

 

[Pastore]

THANKS STEFAN!!! I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT FOR AGES!

 

[Zorro]

Thank You Stephen

That has bugged the you know what out of me for a while.

 

[BigToque]

glad i could help guys

if the feature is bugging you in IE as well, you can turn it off too.

Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Uncheck "Enable Personalized Favorites Menu"

 

[BCYL]

It used to bug me when I first switched to win2k... but now I actually find it kinda handy...

 

[purplecow]

mooohaha... youz should be thankin me, I got the answer hehe

 

[purplecow]

"It used to bug me when I first switched to win2k... but now I actually find it kinda handy..."

Good point. If you have a lot of stuff clogging up the start menu, it could be useful, since if you don't use it often you might not care. But still, I prefer to have everything visible so I know what is where and when. It's still easy to manage since it scrolls.

 

[AznMaverick]

I find it very annoying...thanks for the remedy...

 

[Blayze]

good tip!

that is the first thing I always do on a Win2k/ME machine

 

[datalink7]

I actually find it handy as well.

 

[GoldenBear]

What do you could is right click on taskbar and select properties. uncheck the "use personalized menus" option.

 

[BigToque]

Thanks GoldenBear! I'm glad you told me cause its been bugging the hell outta me forever!

 

[bonkers325]

use winme :Q

 

[purplecow]

"use winme :Q"

I dual-boot Win2K/WinME. I use 2K mostly though, simply because it's .. well, better.

 

[spamboy]

Win ME does it too, doesn't it? All I know I disable the feature first think on a fresh install.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

I have a question, how do you get your favorites in IE to open in a full page (extend horizontally) instead of all vertically. Win95 used to do this, but can't do it anymore! There used to be a tweak for this.