Comments on: Automatically order your Windows XP Start menu alphabetically

By: Max

Max — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:41:14 +0000

I had the “no ordering” problem on my WinXP Start Menu: the solution proposed by Martin actually solved it.

Thanks Martin.

By: Tom smith

Tom smith — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:35:34 +0000

Yeah, Skone is right. Teeluck’s solution does not sort automatically, it sorts manually. You would have to repeat that process every time you install a program. The Registry Key solution (proposed by the author of this article) is the *automatic* solution.

By: skone

skone — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:58:04 +0000

*Teeluck*

the purpose of the article is becuase the method you suggest DOES NOT sort the start menu AUTOMATICALLY.

By: Teeluck

Teeluck — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:58:05 +0000

Here is a much easier way to sort alphabetically,
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/menuprogram.mspx

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:05:39 +0000

Thanks for the info. I had to rewrite the article to make it work for another pc i tried it on. Here are the steps:

1. right-click the programs folder and select sort by name
2. go to the registry key and delete the key menu order
3. restart windows.

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Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:09:11 +0000

Interestingly I decided to try this but for some reason it doesn’t work on my machine. I still have everything appearing at the bottom same as before