> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Sessoms > Sent: 28 November 2012 19:31 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Windows 8 Makes Me Consider a Mac > > From: Brian Walters > > > Hmmm. Well the Win 7 start menu is certainly different on mine. > > Here's the default Win 7 start menu on my PC: > > > > https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Win7-Default.jpg > > > > > > And here's the 'Classic Shell' version which looks and works the same > > way as my old XP start menu: > > > > https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Win7-ClassicShell.jpg > > > > > > ('Classic Shell' allows the user to switch back to the default menu > if > > they want to. I don't!) > > > > My problem with the default Win 7 interface is the way the programs > > displayed on the left hand pane above the start button keep changing. > > I want to fix the programs (and groups of programs) that I use most > > there, and I can't with the default interface. > > I hadn't noticed that, but I'm only using Windows 7 to run two programs > right now. I guess I haven't used the start menu all that much. > > Adobe Bridge launches from a dialog box that appears whenever I plug > the SD card reader into the USB. Or I can launch it by double clicking > the desktop Icon. I almost always launch Photoshop from Bridge. > > Mozilla Firefox is down there on the toolbar next to the start button. > I only use it for online Photoshop tutorials. > > I built that computer strictly for photo editing, and so far, I've > managed to stick to that. >
They change according to how much you use the software that you're starting from the menu. You can pin things to the start menu by right-clicking on the item you want and choosing the appropriate option from the context menu that opens. This has been available in Windows since the Eocene. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
