Change the program menu on 98se to 95

[zodo]

On Win98 se the programs menu scrolls,(programs folder on start menu), but 95 it places the menu side x side. Win 2k you can turn this option on or off. I remember reading about how to make 98 place the menu on the screen like 95, I know it's a registry change, but I don't remember the exact change. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[kwunder]

I know in WinMe the path is
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

There you can find a line containing

StartMenuScrollPrograms "YES"

It's a matter of modifying the "YES" to a "NO"

I'm not sure if adding the line to the registry in 98 will do the trick.

ALWAYS BACK UP THE REGISTRY BEFORE CHANGING ANYTHING !

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful s-)

kwunder

 

[zodo]

Thanks for the tip. I'll take a look at it.

zodo

 

[tsuji]

Hello, zodo.

To add precision to what said, in terms of .reg format, to change the default scrolling to cascading w95-style is to import:

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"StartMenuScrollPrograms" = dword:0x00000000

Whereas to restore scrolling, the entry is :
"StartMenuScrollPrograms" = dword:0x00000001

The default (scrolling) setting is the absence of the entry altogether.

regards - tsuji

 

[reghakr]

The value is a String and it should be set to false.

This reg file will add it to the View>Folder Options as a checkbox:
open Notepad and copy and paste the following between the lines and save the file as scrollprograms.reg. Double-click on the file to merge the contents into the registry.
==============BEGIN CUT=====================
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\Folder\StartMenuScrollPrograms]
"Type"="checkbox"
"Text"="Multi-Column Start Menu"
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"
"ValueName"="StartMenuScrollPrograms"
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000000
"UncheckedValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"HelpID"="update.hlp"
=============END CUT===============

reghakr

 

[tsuji]

Hello, reghakr.

You said "The value is a String and it should be set to false." What do you mean? It seems that I don't understand no more.

regards - tsuji

 

[reghakr]

Sorry, I should have better explained that.

Here's the reg file:

==============BEGIN CUT===============
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced]
"StartMenuScrollPrograms"="false"
================END CUT===============

reghakr

 

[tsuji]

Hello, all.

Well, if one would indulge on taking 2-dim thinking, multilingual X win(9x,NT,2000), I would propose if you encounter any abberration any time on this issue, do what I have suggested.

regards - tsuji

 

[kwunder]

eh ?

 

[tsuji]

Hello, all.

Upon re-reading what I've posted, I would like to hereby make a necessary amendment to my posting #4 up there.

The .reg line 0x0000... should be read 0000... without 0x in front [an unfortunate mixed up].

Hence the relevant part should be replaced as follows.

quote
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"StartMenuScrollPrograms" = dword:00000000

Whereas to restore scrolling, the entry is :

"StartMenuScrollPrograms" = dword:00000001

The default (scrolling) setting is the absence of the entry altogether.
unquote

Regret for the confusion.

regards - tsuji