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Coppertop
March 28th, 2004, 11:09 AM
Ok, I recently upgraded to XP, and so far I've more or less got everything under control, except for one little thing that is annoying the hell out of me: (see attachment)

does anyone know how to get rid of that little double arrow thing? It's the same way in Office's menus - how do you get rid of those? They're annoying and useless.

Thanks in advance.
.soulty
March 28th, 2004, 11:17 AM
have u checked in the taskbar properties? -- off the top of my head i forget where , i'll check quick.
thoriphes
March 28th, 2004, 11:24 AM
http://pics.thoriphes.com/persmenu.jpg

Right-click the taskbar, Properties, Start Menu Tab, then hit Customize... button, then scroll all the way down the list of "features" and uncheck Personalized Menus.

That should resolve your problem.
UNFLUX
March 28th, 2004, 11:26 AM
i can't STAND THIS FEATURE! :m:

I always turn it off as soon as I can on every machine I touch!

ok - sorry...:whistle:
.soulty
March 28th, 2004, 11:27 AM
ive got that ticked and i dnt get those hidden arrows things.

edit:: hmm that maybe because i m using the default Start menu.. :P

ok..ok.. im going to sleep now. hehe ;)
teet
March 28th, 2004, 03:38 PM
For office, go to tools-->customize

then there should be an option to "use personalized menus" or something like that (i'm on redhat right now so i can't check for sure)...take the check mark out of that.

-teet
Coppertop
March 28th, 2004, 04:05 PM
Thanks thor&teet - it worked. **** I hate those things - why did Microsoft even think of them?
El_Thierro
March 28th, 2004, 05:20 PM
Hmmm...Those 've never appeared for me before, and I just KNOW I didn't switch them off... Hmm... :huh:
Thinker2501
March 28th, 2004, 05:35 PM
They only appear if you have enough applications and links to warrant their appearance. If you are using the default XP Start bar and not the old school 98 style they won't appear.
thoriphes
March 28th, 2004, 05:39 PM
The reason some applications/folders don't get shown is that you don't use them often enough, so Windows thinks (which is always a very dangerous thing) that you don't need to see it as much, so it takes the liberty to hide it.

Vive L'Unix.
minimalistik
March 29th, 2004, 03:16 AM
The reason some applications/folders don't get shown is that you don't use them often enough, so Windows thinks (which is always a very dangerous thing) that you don't need to see it as much, so it takes the liberty to hide it.]


exactly ;)
λ
March 29th, 2004, 09:54 AM
Originally posted by thoriphes

Vive L'Unix.

=)