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    WSPaul Lautman
    AskWoody Lounger
    September 4, 2004 at 9:09 am #409504

    If I reposition an item in my start menu (or one of the sub-menus) or reposition an icon in a taskbar toolbar, where is the information about the order held?

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    • WSDrew
      AskWoody Lounger
      September 7, 2004 at 5:09 pm #874279

      I’ve got good news and bad news for you.

      Good news is, I found where it stores it. Just went off of a hunch (and have played around in the registry WAY too often). It’s in HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerMenuOrder In that key, there should be Favorites and Start Menu keys.

      Bad News. The Order value in the various sub keys looks half english, half greek, grin. So good luck trying to play around with them!

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      • WSPaul Lautman
        AskWoody Lounger
        September 7, 2004 at 5:28 pm #874287

        Great, thanks for that.

        Any ideas on the Quick Launch tool bar?

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        • WSDrew
          AskWoody Lounger
          September 7, 2004 at 5:41 pm #874293

          The ‘links’ are in Documents And SettingsWhateverAccountApplication DataMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick Launch. That’s in Windows Explorer, not the registry. But for the life of me, I don’t know how it’s remembering the sort order, because my links aren’t sorted by anything I can see in those shortcut properties. Didn’t find anything in the registry either, not saying it’s not there, just did a search for Quick, and didn’t find anything.

          Drew

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        • WSDrew
          AskWoody Lounger
          September 7, 2004 at 5:41 pm #874294

          The ‘links’ are in Documents And SettingsWhateverAccountApplication DataMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick Launch. That’s in Windows Explorer, not the registry. But for the life of me, I don’t know how it’s remembering the sort order, because my links aren’t sorted by anything I can see in those shortcut properties. Didn’t find anything in the registry either, not saying it’s not there, just did a search for Quick, and didn’t find anything.

          Drew

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      • WSPaul Lautman
        AskWoody Lounger
        September 7, 2004 at 5:28 pm #874288

        Great, thanks for that.

        Any ideas on the Quick Launch tool bar?

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    • WSDrew
      AskWoody Lounger
      September 7, 2004 at 5:09 pm #874280

      I’ve got good news and bad news for you.

      Good news is, I found where it stores it. Just went off of a hunch (and have played around in the registry WAY too often). It’s in HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerMenuOrder In that key, there should be Favorites and Start Menu keys.

      Bad News. The Order value in the various sub keys looks half english, half greek, grin. So good luck trying to play around with them!

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