To customize the appearance of the Start menu, you need to click the Start Menu tab in the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box. This tab gives you a choice between the Start menu as it now appears in two columns and the old single-column classic method used in previous versions of Windows. To switch to this single-column view, click the Classic Start Menu option button.
Should you later decide to switch back to the default two-column arrangement, you can do so by clicking the Start Menu option button.
Both option buttons are accompanied by Customize buttons that open dialog boxes in which you can change what icons appear on the Start menu. Figure 1-17 shows the Customize Start Menu dialog box, which appears when you click the Customize button associated with the Start Menu option button that controls the default two-column Start menu arrangement.
Use the check boxes in the list box of this dialog box to control which items appear in the right-hand column of the Start menu. For example, to add a Printers item that opens the Printers window (where you can add new printers), click the Printers check box to put a check mark in it. Likewise, to remove the Default Programs item that opens the Default Programs dialog box (where you can configure what default programs to use for tasks such as Web browsing and reading e-mail), click the Default Programs check box to remove its check mark.
To change the way fixed icons, such as Computer, Control Panel, Documents, and the like, are displayed, click one of the following option buttons:
By default, at the top of the Start menu, Vista displays the Internet Explorer as the Internet link and Windows Mail as the e-mail link. If you have another Web browser and e-mail program installed on your computer and you want to use them, you can change these Start menu links by selecting the desired browser and e-mail program in the Internet Link and E-mail Link drop-down list boxes, respectively, that appear near the bottom of the Customize Start Menu dialog box.
Should you later decide to switch back to the default two-column arrangement, you can do so by clicking the Start Menu option button.
Both option buttons are accompanied by Customize buttons that open dialog boxes in which you can change what icons appear on the Start menu. Figure 1-17 shows the Customize Start Menu dialog box, which appears when you click the Customize button associated with the Start Menu option button that controls the default two-column Start menu arrangement.
Use the check boxes in the list box of this dialog box to control which items appear in the right-hand column of the Start menu. For example, to add a Printers item that opens the Printers window (where you can add new printers), click the Printers check box to put a check mark in it. Likewise, to remove the Default Programs item that opens the Default Programs dialog box (where you can configure what default programs to use for tasks such as Web browsing and reading e-mail), click the Default Programs check box to remove its check mark.
To change the way fixed icons, such as Computer, Control Panel, Documents, and the like, are displayed, click one of the following option buttons:
- Display As a Link: This option button is the default setting for all fixed items. It causes Windows to open a folder window showing the item folders and files.
- Display As a Menu: Select this option button when you want Vista to display the item folders and files as menu items on a continuation menu that you can select and open from the Start menu.
- Don’t Display This Item: Select this option button to remove the display of the fixed item, such as Network Places.
By default, at the top of the Start menu, Vista displays the Internet Explorer as the Internet link and Windows Mail as the e-mail link. If you have another Web browser and e-mail program installed on your computer and you want to use them, you can change these Start menu links by selecting the desired browser and e-mail program in the Internet Link and E-mail Link drop-down list boxes, respectively, that appear near the bottom of the Customize Start Menu dialog box.
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