On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:59:20 GMT,
(Steve Hayes) scribbled some thoughts:


How does one make a new program group on the Win 98 desktop?

I have done it before, but I cannot remember how I did it.

I have program groups for Word Processors, Graphics programs and so on sitting
on the desktop. But now when I try to make a new one, I create something that
I don't want - either a copy of the programs menu in the Start Button, or a
shortcut, or a folder with a yerllow folder item. I want a shortcut that
contains shortcuts.


Win+R Winfile ?
Win+R ProgMan ?

If those don't do what you want, then you'll have to do some
reg tweaking.

What you probably want/need to do:

Right Click the task bar on an empty area and choose
PropertiesStart Menu Programs (tab) Advanced (button), if
you have more than one shortcut. Create Navigate the
desired folder/program group, then opening Windows Explorer
via WIN+E, just find the program EXEs, Coms, BATs, Files etc
and Right-Click and drag to the appropriate place on your
new Program group.

The Start Menu is both shortcuts and a folder with nested
subfolders:

C:\Windows\Start Menu.

If you want to do a one fell swoop purge of your Start Menu
Programs or selected branches:

WIN+R (type) COMMAND /K (enter)

For the whole kit and kiboodle, both above the Start Key and
in the Programs subfolder?

DELTREE "C:\Windows\Start Menu\"

You will be prompted to delete all it's subdirectories.

Conversely you could do:

WIN+R (type) COMMAND /K (enter)

MD "C:\Windows\Start Menu\Word Processors"
MD "C:\Windows\Start Menu\Graphic Manipulators"

Doing the above will place the folders above the Start Key.
Doing below will do the directory creation under the
Programs SubMenu/Folder:


MD "C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Word Processors"
MD "C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Graphic Manipulators"

It was either a newsgroup or a tip on the WWW hwere one guy
did not like the default Start Menu hierarchy so he deleted
the the Menu much as I showed above, then recreated it the
way he wanted.

Once you have the Menu the way you want and doubt that you
will add any thing else you can create a batch file which
will do the Menu destruction/creation faster than you could
walk to the bathroom.

DIR Command
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Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.

DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/P] [/W] [/A[[:]attributes]]
[/O[[:]sortorder]] [/S] [/b] [/L] [/V] [/4]

[drive:][path][filename]
Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to
list.
(Could be enhanced file specification or
multiple filespecs.)
/P Pauses after each screenful of information.
/W Uses wide list format.
/A Displays files with specified attributes.
attributes D Directories R Read-only
files
H Hidden files A Files ready
for archiving
S System files - Prefix
meaning not
/O List by files in sorted order.
sortorder N By name (alphabetic) S By size
(smallest first)
E By extension (alphabetic) D By date &
time (earliest first)
G Group directories first - Prefix to
reverse order
A By Last Access Date (earliest first)
/S Displays files in specified directory and all
subdirectories.
/B Uses bare format (no heading information or
summary).
/L Uses lowercase.
/V Verbose mode.
/4 Displays year with 4 digits (ignored if /V
also given).

Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable.
Override
preset switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen)--for
example, /-W.


DELTREE Command
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Deletes a directory and all the subdirectories and files in
it.

To delete one or more files and directories:
DELTREE [/Y] [drive:]path [[drive:]path[...]]

/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want
to delete
the subdirectory.
[drive:]path Specifies the name of the directory you
want to delete.

Note: Use DELTREE cautiously. Every file and subdirectory
within the
specified directory will be deleted.


MD Command
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Creates a directory.

MKDIR [drive:]path
MD [drive:]path


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