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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
But there's the rub, they are not unwanted. If they were, they'd be uninstalled... Just not used that very often (think MS Office applications where you use Word often and Excel not so often, or some Visual Studio tools which you want grouped together at the start menu instead of having to search for it when you need them again)
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So, if I understand correctly, you want to have only those programs you use regularly showing on the start bar/menu and you want to get to the rarely used apps within a few "drill-down" clicks. You don't mind having a list of folders always showing up - regardless of how often you click on them - but you don't want tiles taking up space that you may have to scroll over??
The Start Menu already lists those programs you use most often for quick clicking on the far left and you can group tiles of regularly used, but less often, programs on the
variable-sized tiles area for easy access. I have an "Office" group... I have resized (small) the less-used apps (publisher, one-note, etc)within that group so they take 1/4 the space but are still quickly available without searching. (See example below)
If you
rarely want access....and don't want it sitting there staring at you...taunting you with "why don't you love me anymore" eyes...then unpin it and then use the "All Apps" selection on the start menu... That groups ALL apps/folders in alphabetical order. You can easily find your lonely app from there.
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Just start typing the name on the start button. Just like Win8's auto search on the start screen (which was well received even if the start screen wasn't) it will automatically list all those possible items relating to your search within fractions of a second. That is a MUCH faster way of getting to the under-appreciated apps/docs/links on your computer than trying to drill-down.
IMO the ability to organize your programs is much better than on XP/7/Vista it is just slightly different in presentation. Of course, it also requires people to learn new tricks...
If new versions of software did everything exactly the same as the old version, no one would ever upgrade.
Quick example of my Start Menu