Customize Your Start Menu To Increase Productivity

Tired of hunting for those programs you use all the time? Wishing they were all grouped together in one easy-to-access area? If so, read bellow to end your tedious searches.

  1. Place the mouse arrow over the Taskbar, and right click to access the Taskbar menu.
  2. Select the Properties option.

  3. Click the Start Menu tab in the “Taskbar and Start Menu Properties.”
  4. Select the “Start menu” option.
  5. Then, click the Customize button.
  6. Click the Small Icons, to select the appropriate icon size.

  7. Click on the Advanced tab in the “Customize Start Menu” window.
  8. Located at the bottom of the window, uncheck the “Highlight newly installed programs.” option.

  9. Lastly, click and hold the left mouse button over the program you want to add to the shortcuts menu, drag program and drop into the menu.

Change Your Screen Resolution To See More

Change your screen resolution today, to reduce or enlarge the size of your icons and the relative space on your desktop. To do so, look below!

  1. Right click on your desktop
  2. Select Properties on the menu that appears

  3. Select the Settings tab
  4. The resolution option will have different choices such as:
    • 800 by 600 pixels
    • 1024 by 768 pixels
    • 1280 by 800 pixels

  5. To make your icons smaller to increase space, move the lever to the right or More option. To make your icons larger, move the lever to the left to make the Screen resolution Less.
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