Reduce The Size Of Start Menu In Windows 7

Posted on November 25, 2009, 10:00 am Under category windows 7 by abhishek

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The one thing I was really not happy with windows 7 is the size of the windows 7 start menu, which is so big and flooded with so many recent program entries which are not that useful for me. This is how it looks [ as shown in the image below ]

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As shown in the image above, my windows 7 start menu is so big and full of useless programs, this happened due to the default number of recent programs to be shown in windows 7 in start menu is 10.

Here is how I decreased this number to reduce the size of window 7 start menu

1. Right click on the windows 7 start menu button and select properties

windows-7-properties

2. This will open up customize taskbar and start menu window, click customize button now.

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3. Once you click the Customize button, a new window will open up where you can customize the number of recent programs shown in windows 7 start menu – In my case I set the number of programs to 6

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After setting the number of recent programs to display – my windows 7 start menu size decreased considerably [ as shown in the image below ]

windows-7-start-menu-reduced-size

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  3. Uttoran Sen says:
    November 28, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    thanks for sharing the handy tip, i always like the short version of the start menu, i do the same with xp too, no more than 6 recent programs i keep,

  4. Steve says:
    December 4, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    Thanks, useful tip…..

  5. Computer Tips says:
    January 7, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    Excellent tip. Love your website, its really original.

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