A, B, C... IT'S EASY AS 1, 2, 3!

Wish your Start menu icons were in alphabetical order--folders first, then shortcuts? (If you've done any manual rearranging by clicking and dragging items to new locations, you'll notice that Windows 98 doesn't alphabetize them for you.) You could rearrange them all by hand, but there's a much easier way. With one simple Registry change, Windows 98 will restore order to the entire Start menu.

(Warning: As with all Registry-editing techniques, we recommend backing up your Registry files--System.dat and User.dat, hidden files on the root of your hard drive--before continuing.)

Open the Registry Editor--select Start, Run, type

regedit

and click OK--and navigate your way to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu\Menu. In the right pane, right-click Order, select Delete, then click Yes to confirm. Close the Registry Editor, restart Windows 98, and check out your newly arranged Start menu!

This page last updated: Monday, 24. May 1999 09:46:58 AM -0500