All Posts Tagged With: "start menu"
Supercharge your Windows Vista Start menu using Start++
Start++ by Brandon Paddock is a great tool that adds additional capabilities to the Start menu in Windows Vista. Using this tool, you can add shortcut commands to launch programs or Web sites, perform an action on search results, or create a Start menu Gadget. Let’s take an overview of this excellent tool.
6May2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Launching programs as administrator from the Vista Start menu
We have covered this here already. Thought I’d add this particular one separately as a quick tip!
You can run programs under elevated rights by right-clicking on the executable or its shortcut and choosing Run as Administrator. Here is a keyboard shortcut that helps you launch programs elevated from the Start menu Search box.
Add your Videos folder to the Start menu by replacing Games
Q: It would be nice if it would be possible to add the Videos folder to the Windows Vista Start menu. Currently in Start Menu properties you can add Music, Documents, Pictures and Games but for some reason there is no option for Videos. I’m using Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit.
A: There is not a [...]
Change Vista Start menu Power button action to Shut Down the computer
Set Vista Start menu Power button action to Shut Down the computer
By default, when you click the Power button in the Start menu, it goes into Sleep mode. In order to turn off your Windows Vista system, you’ll have to click the arrow (next to the Power button), and select Shut Down in the drop-down [...]
Add Favorite Links folder to the Vista Start menu
Well, not exactly.. This tweak is about replacing the Games button in the Start menu with Favorite Links.
6Apr2008 | admin | 1 comment | Continued