Customize the Start Menu in Windows 7

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   To customize the 'Start Menu' we need to go to the properties of the 'Start Menu'

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   To do this, right click on the 'Start Menu' button on the lower left corner of the screen.

   

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   Then click 'Properties'

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   Once 'Properties' is open, we will be in the 'Start Menu' tab

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   From here we need to click 'Customize'

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   A new window will open.

   

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   From this window, we can either enable or disable several links and behaviors of those links in the 'Start Menu'

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   For example, 'Computer' is set to be displayed as a link

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   Let's click to display it as a menu

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   Then, click 'OK' in this window.

   

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   Click 'Apply' in this window

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   Open the 'Start Menu'

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   The 'Computer' link will now have a little arrow on the right side.

   

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    If we hover our mouse around it, it will show the contents of the computer

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    Let's go back to customizing

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    Now, display it as a link again

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    Everything that we check here will be shown in the 'Start Menu'.

    

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    If we scroll down, we'll see there are quite a lot of options here

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    We may need to scroll all of the way down, choosing everything carefully.

    

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    Once we're sure that we have set everything here, then we can change the size of the 'Start Menu'

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    We can set the number of recent programs to display.

    

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    We can also set the number of recent items to display in 'Jump Lists'

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    Once we have set everything according to our preferences, click 'OK'

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    Then click 'OK' in the previous window

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    This concludes our tutorial on how to customize 'Start Menu' on Windows 7 computers

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