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Re: How to manage the WinXP start menu OUTSIDE of "Documents and Settings"?
de Franklin 01/31/2008 10:37
On Mon 21 Jan 2008 04:39:32, Donna Ohl, Grady Volunteer Coordinator
<donna.ohl@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:02:44 GMT, Franklin wrote:
>
>> I still take the view you're making XP significantly more fragile
>> by your changes. For example, if you make changes to or move the
>> Program Files folder then how will you make the appropriate
>> changes to the relevant hard coded paths which any given
>> application might have in the registry. I half-suspect other
>> changes of yours are causing the shell to crash when you power
>> down and one result would be the reset Quick Launch bar.
>
> Hi Franklin,
> I think the approach you suggested worked, so, by simply modifying
> the USER SHELL FOLDER key in the HKLM hive, we have together
> accomplished what I could not do alone.
Donna, my sincere apologies for being slow but after a short time
away from this thread I now see more clearly how it works.
Smooth. Nice.
Obviously I made no mention of user shell folders nor of changing the
value of any system variables.
So thank you for your answer. It's possible it came from Google but
your way of writing about it suggests it did not.
So perhaps you knew all along. Silly old you, you just forget you
knew. Right?
Oh dear. So what will people think of Donna? Donna will apologize.
Donna will need to clarify what someone said. Donna will offer
thanks. Donna will be certain some people are great and will tell
them.
Donna will say her project is looking good. Donna will suggest that
we move on to the next question in her quiz.
Donna now wants to know how she changes the color of her system's
LEDs? The lights on Donna's system are so pretty but green does not
go at all with her desk stationery. It's such a nuisance for Donna.
Donna would like them to be blue or orange. Donna feels it's so
important. Donna simply must do it. Donna needs help.
Donna will later explain voltage-dependent color LEDs. But only
after Donna has had a good discussion to make sure.
> It was, as someone suggested, much simpler than I thought. It was
> trivial, in fact, to move the folder.
>
> I think the muddling with the philosophy was what got us all bent
> out of shape, and for that, I apologize.
>
> I agree wholeheartedly with you on NOT changing the
> %programfilesdir% in the registry because the instant you do that,
> the clutter just follows. For example, Microsoft instantly puts MS
> Office crap and Common Files crap and much other crap in the
> %programfilesdir% upon the next reboot. It's counterproductive, as
> you noted, but not for the same reasons you noted.
>
> Still, even though we agree for different reasons, we agree that
> it's not viable to change the programfilesdir folder. We certainly
> can put program files in any folder we like, we just need to keep
> the programfilesdir where it was defined by Microsoft.
>
> The good news is I now have a brilliantly organized PC, WITH menus
> outside of the Documents and Settings folder. I hope this allows me
> to totally ignore what's in the Documents and Settings folder when
> I need to make my monthly backups.
>
> The goal is to rebuilt the subsequent system in minutes after the
> OS has been installed; with the same menus, simply by copying over
> two well-organized directories, in their entirety, from the old
> machine to the new machine and then reinstalling the apps, one by
> one.
>
> Thanks for all your kind advice and help,
> Donna