i cant beleive im asking this....

Dark Lord · Aug 9, 2007, 05:50 AM

i know this is something i should know damn well how to do, but for the life of me i can not figure it out.

under the start menu - programs list, it has the autohide ability to hide all the programs not commonly used, and then you can hover your mouse over the little down arrow icons to show the full list.

anyways, my programe list isnt autohiding and always opens in full. not sure if i accidently turned off the autohide, but i cant remember how to re-enable it.

also useing the windows classic start menu.

BlueMak · Aug 9, 2007, 09:05 AM

I thought this was only possible in Office etc and not Windows.

RoyBatty · Aug 9, 2007, 09:08 AM

I'm using localized windows and I don't know if my translation is correct, but it should be something like this:
Right click on the Start menu - properties - (the Classic start menu is selected) - customize... - enable "Use individual menus" checkbox.

Dark Lord · Aug 9, 2007, 05:36 PM

no go on that batty, i dont have that option.

weirdest part is that it was all working fine uptil a few days ago, and now after changing over to a completly iconless desktop, that autohide stops working.

BlueMak · Aug 9, 2007, 06:43 PM

I went where RoyBatty said, in the list it is the last, bottom, option. Just to test it I switched the classic style and yes, it works for me. Not that I want it.

DarkLord, did you install any program that changes the style of XP? That might be the reason you are having problems.

Dark Lord · Aug 9, 2007, 07:25 PM

nope, i have nothing installed along those lines.

all i did was right click on the desktop/desktop/customize desktop/unchecked all icons

and...

start/run/gpedit.msc/user config/admin templates/desktop/Remove Recycle Bin icon on the desktop/enable

and moved shortcuts into the quick launch area and removed the previous shortcuts that were there and put them into the programs list (MS update, winrar and a couple other things)

heres everything i touched, and its current settings.

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4417/untitledex6.jpg

BlueMak · Aug 9, 2007, 08:04 PM

Weird, strange. It should work.

RoyBatty · Aug 9, 2007, 08:23 PM

As BlueMak said it's strange. I have no idea why it doesn't work for you Dark Lord...

Dark Lord · Aug 12, 2007, 03:37 AM

huh... it just started working all of the sudden today. not really sure what was going on with that.

Vikingod · Aug 12, 2007, 04:12 AM

it's "use personalized menus"

Aug 9, 2007, 05:50 AM	#1
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	i cant beleive im asking this.... i know this is something i should know damn well how to do, but for the life of me i can not figure it out. under the start menu - programs list, it has the autohide ability to hide all the programs not commonly used, and then you can hover your mouse over the little down arrow icons to show the full list. anyways, my programe list isnt autohiding and always opens in full. not sure if i accidently turned off the autohide, but i cant remember how to re-enable it. also useing the windows classic start menu. __________________

Aug 9, 2007, 09:05 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,483 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I thought this was only possible in Office etc and not Windows. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Aug 9, 2007, 05:36 PM	Thread Starter #4
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	no go on that batty, i dont have that option. weirdest part is that it was all working fine uptil a few days ago, and now after changing over to a completly iconless desktop, that autohide stops working. __________________

Aug 9, 2007, 06:43 PM	#5
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,483 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I went where RoyBatty said, in the list it is the last, bottom, option. Just to test it I switched the classic style and yes, it works for me. Not that I want it. DarkLord, did you install any program that changes the style of XP? That might be the reason you are having problems. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Aug 9, 2007, 07:25 PM	Thread Starter #6
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	nope, i have nothing installed along those lines. all i did was right click on the desktop/desktop/customize desktop/unchecked all icons and... start/run/gpedit.msc/user config/admin templates/desktop/Remove Recycle Bin icon on the desktop/enable and moved shortcuts into the quick launch area and removed the previous shortcuts that were there and put them into the programs list (MS update, winrar and a couple other things) heres everything i touched, and its current settings. http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4417/untitledex6.jpg __________________

Aug 9, 2007, 09:08 AM	#3
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	I'm using localized windows and I don't know if my translation is correct, but it should be something like this: Right click on the Start menu - properties - (the Classic start menu is selected) - customize... - enable "Use individual menus" checkbox.

Aug 9, 2007, 08:04 PM	#7
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,483 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Weird, strange. It should work. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Aug 9, 2007, 08:23 PM	#8
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	As BlueMak said it's strange. I have no idea why it doesn't work for you Dark Lord...

Aug 12, 2007, 03:37 AM	Thread Starter #9
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	huh... it just started working all of the sudden today. not really sure what was going on with that. __________________

Aug 12, 2007, 04:12 AM	#10
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	it's "use personalized menus"