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Windows 10 Announced
4wd:
The Windows 10 Start Menu still has a hierarchical layout like it did in Windows 7 and earlier, and AFAIK you're able to organize it however you want.-Deozaan (February 19, 2020, 12:32 PM)
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I can't delete any entries nor can I drag'n'drop to rearrange them - everything just gets lumped under an alphabetical order.
There appears to be no way to 'declutter' the start menu of the rubbish I don't require, (eg. Xbox Game Bar, Your phone, etc).
x16wda:
There appears to be no way to 'declutter' the start menu of the rubbish I don't require, (eg. Xbox Game Bar, Your phone, etc).
-4wd (February 20, 2020, 04:00 AM)
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I could swear I just right clicked the tiles and deleted the ones like that. No, it was Unpin from Start.
wraith808:
Yes, you can customize the pinned tiles, but the actual menu, you can only remove sub-sections. If I actually ever used the start menu, it would be a bit lackluster. But I think that they're trying to get people to use search more, as when I do use the start menu, I just start typing the name of the item that I want, and it works.
MilesAhead:
Yes, you can customize the pinned tiles, but the actual menu, you can only remove sub-sections. If I actually ever used the start menu, it would be a bit lackluster. But I think that they're trying to get people to use search more, as when I do use the start menu, I just start typing the name of the item that I want, and it works.
-wraith808 (February 20, 2020, 10:46 AM)
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Also sometimes when I am looking for a program shortcut in a crowded folder of them on my desktop I remember that typing the shortcut name will seek it out. I suspect many Windows users do not realize they can do that even though there is no search box . :Thmbsup:
4wd:
But I think that they're trying to get people to use search more, as when I do use the start menu, I just start typing the name of the item that I want, and it works.-wraith808 (February 20, 2020, 10:46 AM)
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That's great ... when you know the name of the program you want, (I usually do but there are some I only use once in a blue moon).
If, for example, you install a program and you file it under a menu item that says 'Video' for video editors/codecs/etc (pre-8.0), it's a lot easier to just pick Video out of the menu list and see what you want out of a list of 10 or so, rather than everything installed on the computer.
I don't want every URL/read me/EULA/the name of every software manufacturer/the postman's dog/etc that program writers seem to think I want cluttering up the menu.
Generally I use a DOpus toolbar stuck on the Desktop, FARR, or Everything, rather than the thing they currently call a Start Menu.
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