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Windows Me - New special entries in the start menu

November 25, 2013
Updated: April 14, 2022
Quick overview:

Für all die Leute, die ihren Desktop leerräumen möchten und komplett mit dem Startmenü arbeiten wollen habe ich einen pfiffigen Trick, mit dem sie den Papierkorb kinderleicht ins Startmenü verfrachten und ihn von dort aus genausogut verwalten können. Und so gehen sie vor:

1. Right-click on Start and select Open. The following window opens:

2. Right-click on a free area in this folder and select New > Folder. Windows will now prompt you to enter a name. Select the following line and press CTRL+C:

Paper basket.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

Now right-click on your newly created folder and select Rename. Now press CTRL+V so that the text New folder is replaced by the above line.

As soon as you have pressed ENTER, the long command changes to the name Recycle Bin along with the corresponding icon.

3. Take a look at the Start menu. You will notice that the recycle bin is now located there, the contents of which you can expand as a separate menu and delete using the right mouse button.

Want more practical new entries in the Start menu? You need to do the same as above and just replace the complicated line.

Printer menu = Printer.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Dial-up network = Dial-up network.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
Systemsteuerung=Systemsteuerung.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Have fun with your new menus!

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION:This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in the 90s. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write elsewhere, for example for PC-Praxis, Computer Bild and PCWorld in the USA. Microsoft also poached him from us. Now Sandro is back, finally sharing his tweaks here again. For a stress-free digital everyday life. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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