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Order start menu alphabetically

After years, probably, of having 3 or 4 columns of start menu programs all of which are installeds in no-particular order, I have finally gotten sick of struggling to find the program I want to launch. Again, I set about [url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=order+start+menu+alphabetically&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a]googling[/url] for a solution and found one on [url=http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com]www.softwaretipsandtricks.com[/url]. Here it is:

When you move programs around in your WindowsXP start menu, the OS will stop arranging it when you add new software. This happens when you move items from your user start menu to the all users start menu. Here is the fix:

1. Open regedit (Start -> Run. Type regedit)
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu\Menu OR HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Menu
3. Remove the order key by right clicking and going to delete.
4. Log out then back in.

Reply above quoted text in Thunderbird

Recently, I have gotten back into using my own pop3 email accounts instead of web services such as [url=http://www.hotmail.com]hotmail[/url] and [url=http://www.gmail.com]gmail[/url].

The software I use for this purpose is Mozilla's brilliant [url=http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/thunderbird/]Thunderbird[/url]. One thing I didn't like about Thunderbird was it's method of replying to emails. It's default format was something like this:[code]xxx@zzz.com wrote:
| This is the first email
| From the person
| who you want to
| reply to

And this is your reply
[Signature][/code]

I wasn't happy with this and trawled through the options for an alternative style. I found nothing so had a quick [url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&hs=Trs&q=thunderbird+configuration+editor&btnG=Search&meta=]google[/url] and found the Config Editor ([b]Tools>Options>Advanced>General>Config Editor[/b]). In here are many configuration options similar to that what you get by typing [b]about:config[/b] into your navigation bar on firefox.

The key we are looking for is [i]mail.identity.default.reply_on_top[/i]. By default this is set to [b]0[/b] but if we change it to [b]1[/b] then our new reply is on top. You can also set this preference on a per-identity basis using the keys [i]mail.identity.id1.reply_on_top[/i] by replacing [b]id1[/b] with the id you want to change.

This is what our format looks like now:[code]Our reply is up here now

xxx@zzz.com wrote:
| This is the first email
| From the person
| who you want to
| reply to

[Signature][/code]

As you can see though, our signature is still located at the bottom of the email and could easily be lost after more than 1 or two emails have been sent back and forward. To change this, fire up the configuration editor once more and locate the following key:
[i]mail.identity.default.sig_bottom[/i]

Change this key to [b]false[/b]to complete our changes and have our emails read properly. Once again, this can be set on a per-identity basis using the keys starting from [i]mail.identity.id1.sig_bottom[/i]

And here is our final result:[code]Our reply is up here now

[Signature]

xxx@zzz.com wrote:
| This is the first email
| From the person
| who you want to
| reply to
[/code]

I hope you find this useful as it is knowledge that was hard to find but I feel that I will be using alot in the future!

Thanks
Stephen