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Windows 98 - New secret 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:

Personalize the start menu under Win 98

1. Gehen sie über den Arbeitsplatz zum Ordner C:\WINDOWS\STARTMENÜ.

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}

Klicken sie nun mit der rechten Maustaste auf ihren neu erstellten Ordner und wählen sie Umbenennen. Drücken sie nun STRG+V damit der Text Neuer Ordner durch die oben genannte Zeile ersetzt wird.

Sobald sie ENTER gedrückt haben verwandelt sich der ellenlange Befehl in den Namen Papierkorb mitsamt passendem Symbol.

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 2001, 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 for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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