Start+Menu+Folders*

Here's another tip for those of you with cluttered Start menus. Why not place additional folders in your Start Menu? You could make categories for your programs with these folders so you don't have to do so much hunting around. For instance, you could have a category for office-type apps, one for games, and one for internet. The possibilities are endless. In order to use this tip under Win XP, you will need to put your Start Menu into "classic" mode. It does not work in any way, shape, or form with the "standard" XP Start menu. To switch, just right-click the ** Start ** menu, ** Properties **. Then select the " ** Classic Start menu ** " radio button from the resulting screen. Click OK How to actually add those little folders. For this example, we'll make a Games folder, but the procedure is identical for any other folder you want to stick on the Start menu. This should open Windows Explorer with focus on the Start menu.
 * Start Menu Folders **
 * Now, before we get too far, a special note for XP users ** –
 * 1) 1. Right-click the Start button, Explore.

Name the folder Games (or whatever you want).
 * 1) 2. Now, right-click a blank area in the right-hand pane and select New, Folder.

3 Now you need to move your games from the Programs folder into the Games folder. There is a couple ways to do this. XP users will probably find method 2 below is their best bet. XP does not seem to show all the program groups in Explorer for some reason. Method 1- Moving Via Windows Explorer With Windows Explorer still open from the previous step - Expand the Programs folder in the left pane (it's in the Start Menu folder) by clicking the little plus sign. Locate your game program groups (assuming you've installed some games ;-) from that list and drag them to the games folder.

Method 2 - Moving Via the Start Menu Click your Start button and you should see your new "Games" folder / menu, just sitting there waiting for you to drop some games into it. To do so, click your Programs menu, then drag the little icon for the program group you want into the new Games folder. Note that you cannot drop the program onto the folder itself (that just adds it to the Start menu), you need to drop it into the sub-menu part. Grab the group with your mouse:

Then drag & drop to the sub menu:

Click your Start button and you will see the new Games folder listed. Click the folder and you will have access to any program groups or shortcuts you have put in it. Right-click the **Start** Button and choose "**Properties**".
 * __ Note __** that with either method above, you can drag shortcuts to this folder if you like.

2. Select the "Start Menu" tab then next to the "Start Menu" radio button click the "**Customize**" button.

3. Click the "**Advanced**" tab and scroll down to the box marked **"Scroll Programs"** and check it.

4Click **OK** then **OK** again.

Now when you go to **"All Programs"** you will get a long list.

If you are like me and have a lot of programs, then you may want to organize programs into folders like "Music", "Games, etc.