Of great historical significance to all, John Schneider
<johnmsch@newsgroups.nospam> declared on Tue, 22 Jul 2008
19:27:01 -0700:
> "Chet" wrote:
>
> > Of great historical significance to all, John Schneider
> > <johnmsch@newsgroups.nospam> declared on Tue, 22 Jul 2008
> > 17:37:04 -0700:
> >
> > > I'm about to take the plunge and move to Vista. Before I
> > > do, I'd like to create a list of everything in my start
> > > menu. I realize it is a combination of items in my
> > > personal menu and the "all users" menu. I'm looking for
> > > some way to create a listing (preferably in a tree
> > > format) of all the programs I currently have installed.
> > > I've been poking around the web and don't see any tips
> > > for this.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> > You might try Belarc <http://www.belarc.com/>
> >
> > It won't give you a list of what's on the start menu, but
> > it will list ALL programs installed on the machine in HTML
> > format which can be printed. Plus it's free!
> >
> > hth
>
> Great idea! Haven't used Belarc in quite a while. In fact,
> I just checked, and the last version I have is v6.0, from May
> 2003. I'll download the latest and run it. I'd still like
> to find out if there is something out there to get a
> graphical hierarchical representation of the start menu.
>
> Thanks!
You're welcome.
I've never used it but you might be able to use a directory print utility such as:
JR Directory Printer
http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/jdirprint.htm
And then print the contents of your start menu folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Start Menu
hth
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