Start Menu Order - Page 2 - Motorola Q Forum

MBK2 · 11-28-2007, 04:47 AM

@ Fuego,
That was a good idea, thanks is on it's way once I can post from a PC.

I really liked your idea and took it a bit further to my liking. Since I had 30 start menu items plus the 4 folders, I moved some items into the accessories folder and at the same time, pulled out some things from my games folder and system tools folder..... ending up with 28 items and the 4 folders.

Instead of numbers, I used a-z, thus the reasoning for having only 26 ( IE and Settings can't be renamed and is ahead of the a) and moving some others into the accessories folder.
I then put 4 spaces between the alphabet letter and the name, so as to seperate it a bit from the alphabetical letter but still keeping it close enough for icon association.

Looks absolutely perfect IMO... Thanks again for the idea. And since it is in grid view, I now have no real need for SmartTookKit, except the screen capture option, but I'm sure there are other screen capture programs out there.

rudeboy · 11-28-2007, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by MBK2

That's what it was...lol. Didn't think about all this until I made the start menu into the grid view. I unhid the system files and there they were.

Thanks for mentioning it RB...

cool... glad you got it sorted (maybe pun intended :} out..

MBK2 · 11-28-2007, 09:06 AM

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cool... glad you got it sorted (maybe pun intended :} out..

Yeah me did, and me likey...LOL

Thanks for making me think that there were files hidden because I might not have even thought about it since the registry only had 15 listed, and I just thought it was another Windows Mobile quirk.... that is until you seemed surprised that only 11 was listed. That's when I knew some must be hidden, like I said I never bothered to try and look....I'm glad I got this done...perfect to how I'd like it, and I can live with a small a after the icon, since there is a big A before as well, and I can easily see the name ...so it's all good.

rudeboy · 11-28-2007, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MBK2

Yeah me did, and me likey...LOL

Thanks for making me think that there were files hidden because I might not have even thought about it since the registry only had 15 listed, and I just thought it was another Windows Mobile quirk.... that is until you seemed surprised that only 11 was listed. That's when I knew some must be hidden, like I said I never bothered to try and look....I'm glad I got this done...perfect to how I'd like it, and I can live with a small a after the icon, since there is a big A before as well, and I can easily see the name ...so it's all good.

i am first and foremost (since recently) an idea man © n99, and i am glad it helped you..

arrosen · 11-28-2007, 02:12 PM

Thanks to you all. I need to get a better registry editor...I am using Total Commander which isn't letting me see the text in the "Order" key...it is all coming up as Hex.

As soon as i get Rescu, I'll use the numbering scheme!

Thanks again!

rudeboy · 11-28-2007, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by arrosen

Thanks to you all. I need to get a better registry editor...I am using Total Commander which isn't letting me see the text in the "Order" key...it is all coming up as Hex.

As soon as i get Rescu, I'll use the numbering scheme!

Thanks again!

think you mean Resco.... and just an fyi try PHM Registry Editor which is free.

don't get me wrong Resco is great... i have it and use it all the time.

Fuego3048 · 11-28-2007, 02:24 PM

glad to hear that this was able to help everyone out! This is my first smartphone. im coming from a ppc and i love my new q9h!

abmaul · 12-02-2007, 11:01 AM

so I guess there is no way to sort them without being in alphabetical order? All I want to do is edit the first 8 or so!

Fuego3048 · 12-02-2007, 01:20 PM

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so I guess there is no way to sort them without being in alphabetical order? All I want to do is edit the first 8 or so!

I wish their was some other way, but I'm skilled enough to come up with anything else.

rudeboy · 12-03-2007, 09:14 AM

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so I guess there is no way to sort them without being in alphabetical order? All I want to do is edit the first 8 or so!

yea there is, with a registry editor go to the Start Menu and manually rearrange them, power cycle the phone and they are in the order you put them. (i believe there is a limit in this manually sorting, folders will always be last and from what i remember it will only sort the first 15)