What to do with all the stupid and unnecessary "other/guest" user accounts and directories?
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From: thanatoid on 18 Dec 2009 19:47 "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in news:#bHr3rCgKHA.2188(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > Sorry, > you can also download my reg file from : > > http://www.4shared.com/file/176172591/d9f0067a/SingleStartMe > nu.html You may have missed this from my last post: UPDATE: I just checked the DL dir where I saved you post, and there IS a "SingleStartMenu.reg" file there. HOW it got there I don't know. You learn something new about XNews (AND Total Commander) almost every day. I have yet to try your suggestions, but they sound very promising. Thanks again.
From: Tim Meddick on 21 Dec 2009 10:41 I have updated the reg-file as it did not contain all the necessary changes, I have also created an "Undo" reg file and both can be downloaded together in a .zip file below : SingleStartMenu.zip http://www.4shared.com/file/178081162/cbee7314/SingleStartMenu.html == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
From: thanatoid on 21 Dec 2009 20:24 "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in news:OD#xNQlgKHA.1236(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > I have updated the reg-file as it did not contain all the > necessary changes, I have also created an "Undo" reg file > and both can be downloaded together in a .zip file below : Thanks for the update. Good thing I haven't had the "intestinal fortitude" to try it yet... Great to have the "undo" as well. I really appreciate your help. Cheers, t.
From: Tim Meddick on 22 Dec 2009 17:06 Let me again assure you that all this reg file will do is make the CURRENT user's Start Menu the only one that the system will refer to, and therefore, make the Start Menu in the "All Users" folder redundant. This is ALL it does and the "undo" reg file re-instates the "All Users" Start Menu. I have tested both and know that they work. However, it's only worth using on a system where ONLY one profile is usually used from day to day, and it is from this profile you would execute (import) the SingleStartMenu.reg file (the "undo" file can be imported from any profile). Because if any other profile is then used, they would find their Start Menu located in another's folder (and unless Admin, would be read-only for them). But if you only ever use one profile, then I can well see the advantages of having only one location for the Start Menu. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "thanatoid" <waiting(a)the.exit.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns9CE8C59AF700Cthanexit(a)188.40.43.245... > "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in > news:OD#xNQlgKHA.1236(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > >> I have updated the reg-file as it did not contain all the >> necessary changes, I have also created an "Undo" reg file >> and both can be downloaded together in a .zip file below : > > Thanks for the update. Good thing I haven't had the "intestinal > fortitude" to try it yet... > > Great to have the "undo" as well. I really appreciate your help. > > Cheers, > t.
From: thanatoid on 22 Dec 2009 22:27
"Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in news:upsuOM1gKHA.2160(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > Let me again assure you that all this reg file will do is > make the CURRENT user's Start Menu the only one that the > system will refer to, and therefore, make the Start Menu in > the "All Users" folder redundant. If that "CURRENT" users is me, ie Admin in "E:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu" then that is all I want. > This is ALL it does and the "undo" reg file re-instates the > "All Users" Start Menu. > > I have tested both and know that they work. I trust you. > However, it's only worth using on a system where ONLY one > profile is usually used from day to day, and it is from > this profile you would execute (import) the > SingleStartMenu.reg file (the "undo" file can be imported > from any profile). I am the only person who ever touches or will touch this computer, and I automatically log on as Admin. > Because if any other profile is then used, they would find > their Start Menu located in another's folder (and unless > Admin, would be read-only for them). Irrelevant in this case, I trust. > But if you only ever use one profile, then I can well see > the advantages of having only one location for the Start > Menu. That's an understatement. Thanks again. I'll try it soon. (I have a lot of other things to do right now...) Will report on success/etc. Cheers t. |