8. 1, 2, Buckle your Shoe
By default, Windows 95 orders all the items in the top portion of your Start menu (above Programs) alphabetically: pop-out folders first, then shortcuts. But this order isn't written in stone. You can specify
any order you want by renaming these items with a number at the beginning of each.
Right-mouse-click the Start button and select Open. Inside, select the item you want to appear at the top of the Start menu, press F2 for Rename, then place the cursor at the beginning of the name and type the number 1. Press Enter to keep the change. Place a 2 in front of the item you want to appear next in the list, and so on.
Close the Start Menu window, click Start, and admire your reorganization. (Tip: Now you can open any custom Start menu item by pressing Ctrl-Esc and then typing the number at the beginning of that item's name. Previously, if multiple Start menu items started with the same letter, there was no way to select them using the keyboard.)
Microsoft® Windows®95 Hints & Tips by Stuart Martin.
