Edit the Start Menu folders in Windows 7

I don’t know about you, but the first thing I like to do on a new machine after installing all of my programs is to organize the start menu. A bunch of icons just ercks me when they can be logically organized.  For example, all of the Windows applications could go in a folder called ‘Windows’.

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To do this in Windows 7, click your Start button, then type in the search box ‘shell:start menu’

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That will open your User’s start menu, where you can hop in the Programs folder to create folders, move shortcuts, etc…

To adjust the menu for All Users, type in the search box: ‘shell:common start menu’

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Happy Organizing!