The Start menu certainly boasts certain advantages over the Start screen, but one major disadvantage is the way the folders and shortcuts for all your programs easily become disorganized.

HOW DO YOU organize the 'All Programs' menu in WinXP??? I'd like to organize the growing collection of program files into categorized sub-folders. I was previously able to do this at will since ...

Move all your utility programs into the Utilities folder. You can easily do this in the Open Shell menu by dragging and dropping a shortcut into the appropriate folder.

You can easily configure the Windows 7 Start menu, changing the look and putting your favorite programs front and center.

Miss the way Windows XP would show all your installed software in one big list? Here are two ways to restore that capability in Windows 7.

All Programs The new program highlighting feature also colors any new programs yellow within the All Programs menu, which is a submenu of the Start menu.

Windows 7 All Programs Menu The All Programs menu displays the installed applications in a similar hierarchy as the Explorer file manager.

In the Windows XP All Programs menu, certain folders and subfolders are highlighted. Why? How can I turn this off? I tried both a Windows Help search and an Ars search, and no luck, but I'm sure ...

Commentary: The Windows 8 Start screen does offers certain benefits, but the good, old-fashioned Start menu is still the best way to access all your programs and settings.

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