Show Cascading My Pictures Folder (Windows 2000/Me/XP)

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Show Cascading My Pictures Folder (Windows 2000/Me/XP)
Category: Home > Windows > Start Menu and Taskbar > Documents and Folders

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This setting causes the "My Pictures" folder on the Start Menu to act as a cascading folder.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new String value, or modify the existing value called 'CascadeMyPictures' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

Note: This can be used either on a user by user basis by adding it to HKEY_CURRENT_USER or on a computer wide basis by adding it to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
CascadeMyPictures	REG_SZ	Yes


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Adv...

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Advanced]
Name: CascadeMyPictures
Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value: "Yes" or "No"

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: December 19, 2001

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