Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Add or remove Computer button from the Start menu in Windows Vista

In Windows Vista, when you click on the Start button , you will see a list of programs like Documents, Music, Pictures, and more. By default, you will see User Name, Documents, Pictures, Music, Games, Recent Items, Computer, Network, Connect To, Control Panel, Default Programs, Help and Support. You can add or remove these items (except user name) from the Start menu. Here, we will see about adding the Computer item if it is not present in the right pane of the Start menu. We will also see about removing the Computer item if you do not wish to have it in the Start menu list.
To add Computer button to the Start menu, perform the following steps:

1. Click Start button , click Control Panel.
2. Click Appearance and Personalization.

3. Click Taskbar and Start Menu to open Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box.

4. Click on the Start Menu tab and then click on Customize...

5. From the Customize Start Menu dialog box, under Computer, click the Display as a link option to make the Computer item display as a button. You may also click on the Display as a menu option to make the contents under Computer to get displayed when you hover the mouse over Computer item.
6. Click OK to close the Customize Start Menu dialog box.
7.Click OK again to close the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties box.


To remove the Computer item from the Start menu, perform the first five steps as provided above and then from the Customize Start Menu dialog box, under Computer, click the Don't display this item radio button. Click OK to close the Customize Start Menu dialog box. Click OK again to close the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties box.

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