The Structure of the XP PRO START - ALL PROGRAMS display.
Clicking on the All Programs option displays 4 columns of 32 characters each. This can display a maximum of 132
programs. If one has more than 132 programs you would not see the excess. If some program names contain more
than 32 characters one loses the right side of the last column which contains an arrow indicating some folders exist
for that program name.
My program names come from various places in the C:\Documents and Settings\ folder.
ex1: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\ contains 16 program names (C) and there
are 90 subfolders (B) (Program Names) under \Programs\ for a total of 106 program names.
ex2: C:\Documents and Settings\MYNAME\Start Menu\Programs\ contains 5 program names (E) and there are 19
subfolders (E) (Program Names) under \Programs\ for a total of 24 program names.
This yields a total of 130 program names. In some cases the same Program Name is used in two different folders. In my case I show 126 program names with 6 empty slots for more names. The first 3 columns contain primarily programs from the B area with some names from the E area arrainged alphabetically. The program names listed after the last one from the B area contain program names from the B, C, D and E areas not in alphabetical order. I assume these were added as I installed new programs.
The reason I undertook this analysis was because I had more that 132 active program names but could not see the ones that were added last and therefore missing. I also had some program names that were longer than 32 characters and I could not see the full program names in the last (fourth) column and could not see if these names showed an
arrow for multiple subfolders.
Any comments or corrections?
Clicking on the All Programs option displays 4 columns of 32 characters each. This can display a maximum of 132
programs. If one has more than 132 programs you would not see the excess. If some program names contain more
than 32 characters one loses the right side of the last column which contains an arrow indicating some folders exist
for that program name.
My program names come from various places in the C:\Documents and Settings\ folder.
ex1: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\ contains 16 program names (C) and there
are 90 subfolders (B) (Program Names) under \Programs\ for a total of 106 program names.
ex2: C:\Documents and Settings\MYNAME\Start Menu\Programs\ contains 5 program names (E) and there are 19
subfolders (E) (Program Names) under \Programs\ for a total of 24 program names.
This yields a total of 130 program names. In some cases the same Program Name is used in two different folders. In my case I show 126 program names with 6 empty slots for more names. The first 3 columns contain primarily programs from the B area with some names from the E area arrainged alphabetically. The program names listed after the last one from the B area contain program names from the B, C, D and E areas not in alphabetical order. I assume these were added as I installed new programs.
The reason I undertook this analysis was because I had more that 132 active program names but could not see the ones that were added last and therefore missing. I also had some program names that were longer than 32 characters and I could not see the full program names in the last (fourth) column and could not see if these names showed an
arrow for multiple subfolders.
Any comments or corrections?