Re: XP Start Menu Tweaks

Taskbar & Start Menu Properties -> 'Start Menu' tab -> 'Customize...' button -> 'Advanced' tab

One of the 'Start Menu Items:' should be 'Manufacturer's link' -- clear the checkbox to prevent its display on the Start Menu.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


"Lee Schaeffer" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ojzkr4y4GHA.3960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm working on an HP laptop at the moment and on the very bottom of the right side of the start menu is a menu item for an "HP Info Center".

Above it is a seperator line and then the standard "Run..." "Search" and "Help and Support" items.

1) Is there a way to remove this item without uninstalling the program? There are no options if i right click on it and I can't click and drag it.

2) How was it put there? And can I also add buttons in that section of the Start Menu? I did some searching and the closest I've come to a way to do that is to do a registry hack to replace one of the standard buttons with your own. According to everything I've read what HP did is impossible. My only guess is that it's a custom build of XP that came with the laptop.





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