23.8.1999

Lockergnomie Brian Livingston published an interesting tip in his Infoworld column; if you've got a ton of folders in your Start Menu, you may want to pay attention to this tweak. By default, Windows 98 will keep Start Menu folders in a single column. To force it to use multiple columns (without scrolling arrows at either end), a little Registry diving is necessary. Using REGEDIT.EXE, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ explorer. In the right-most pane, create a new Text Value. Type "StartMenuScrollPrograms" (without the quotes) then hit ENTER. Modify the string you just created (right-click on it); in the 'Value Data' box, type "false" (without the quotes), then click 'OK.' Close REGEDIT, tap the F5 key (to refresh your Desktop), and voila! NOTE: some users have not been able to get this tweak to work on their system.