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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: October 01, 2008
- Total Downloads: 9,969
- Downloads last week: 154
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 9 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on July 30, 2009
It is frequently the case that Start menu enhancements turn out not to be enhancements at all, but ugly, clunky, annoying modifications that we can't wait to get rid of. Start Menu Organizer, however, is a thing of beauty. It's incredibly intuitive, does exactly what it says it will without a bunch of useless extra features, and performs a truly valuable service.
Take a look at your Start menu. Is the All Programs tab a clutter of random stuff with no rhyme or reason? Start Menu Organizer can help. The program's interface is simple and clean, requiring no explanation. The program provides users with premade folders with such labels as Games, Internet, Utilities, and so on, and users simply move each application in their Start menu into the appropriate folder. Users can create custom folders as well. The result is a Start menu organized into neat categories, a place for everything and everything in its place. Start Menu Organizer doesn't contain a bunch of extra features, and it doesn't need to. In addition to organizing the Start menu, it deletes dead shortcuts, and users can create a backup of their original Start menu in case they need to restore it for some reason. The program also supports seven different languages. That's all it does, and all it needs to do. The built-in Help file explains all of the program's functions, but we doubt many users will need to consult it.
Start Menu Organizer is free. It comes as a ZIP file, but it installs and uninstalls without issues. We strongly recommend this program to all users.
Publisher's description
From Winstep Software Technologies :Over time, as more and more applications get installed, the Start Menu can get so cluttered that you end up spending a lot of time just trying to find that program you want to run. The Winstep Start Menu Organizer allows you to quickly group your Start Menu shortcuts into a specific set of categories (e.g. Utilities, Internet, Office) thus making finding what you are looking for a lot easier and much faster.
Easy to use with intuitive interface. Full drag & drop support. Multi item selection and handling. Unlimited undo and redo levels. No actual changes made until you are satisfied with the new organization. Start menu backup and restore support. Automatic backup of the start menu contents on first run. Automatic removal of dead shortcuts. Multi language support. Includes update manager to look for, download, and automatically install new versions. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
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User reviews of Start Menu Organizer 1.1
- Average user rating: 3.4 stars out of 9 votes
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Version: Start Menu Organizer 1.1
"Works, but needs more features"
Pros: Organises Start menu
Easy to useCons: Folders created by the software are the same as all other folders, hard to tell catogories from programs
Cannot create more catogoriesSummary: Good software that works, but needs more options in the free version
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Start Menu Organizer 1.1
"Quick wasy way to increase productivity"
Pros: Intuitive interface got me up and running without any hiccups.
Backup/Restore makes it easy to recover should yo uget anything wrong
Good set of defautl categories - and easy to add where the default just don't cut it.Cons: Backup/Restore options aren't obvious and hidden away in the Main Menu - big buttons would be more helpful. Otherwise it just does what it says it should
Summary: Quiickly oranise your startup list to be much more intuitive and organised allowing you to quickly find that app. Particularly useful when your startup file list currently fills 5 menus on a 1900x1200 screen....
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Version: Start Menu Organizer 1.1
"Outstanding product from Winstep organize Startmenu"
Pros: Fast install, usage is self explaining, not installing services, drivers or explorer bars, tree structure of your start menu entries, 24h support, bug free, no entries can be deleted, backup included, multi language support, absolutly free!
Cons: There are no Cons
Summary: I can't understand the problems the others had and they didn't describe the problem... because there are no.
If you have ever tried to organize your start menu entries in Vista you have recognized that it is not so easy with drag and drop... read more >> -
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Start Menu Organizer 1.1
"Easy to configure your start menu. RTM first !!!"
Pros: UI is intuitive.
Initial backup of current start menu was a lifesaver because I hadn't read the instructions first.
Easy to construct an efficient, clean, start menu.
Nice shortcuts to create categories from existing start menu.Cons: Existing start menu entries were not replaced by my constructed version.
Had to create the new categories from the existing menu and then delete the stuff I didn't want.Summary: I couldn't easily figure out how to completely replace my existing start menu. This should be made more obvious.
The Backup and Restore functions are a great addition.
Aside from the replacement problem, I think this is a great applicatio... read more >> -
Version: Start Menu Organizer 1.1
"Software is very BUGGY. Does more harm than good"
Pros: uninstalls quickly
Cons: after installing, the program did more harm than good. My system instantly crashed and the product could never function correctly.
Summary: Stay away. I was very disappointed.
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