60. Magical Start Menu Folders

Do you wish you had a Control Panel, Dial-Up Networking, or Printers folder right on your Start menu, so that when you selected it, a pop-out menu of all items inside appeared? Follow the steps below to add any one of these 'magic' folders (or all three) to your Start menu.

Right-click the Start button and select Open. Inside the Start Menu window, right-click a blank area and select File, New, Folder. Type ONE of the following names, depending on the folder you want to create:

Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

DUN.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}

Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

then press Enter. (Tip: To save on typing, carefully copy and paste the name from this e-mail.) You'll know you've been successful if you see a folder with the appropriate icon and name.

If you type the name incorrectly, you'll see a folder with a plain yellow icon and a very long name. Select the incorrectly named folder, press F2 for Rename, and try again, noting that there's no space between the period and the open bracket.

Microsoft® Windows®95 Hints & Tips by Stuart Martin.

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