Start-menu Tweaking Software

Engage is a Start Menu organizer (and replacement) that gives you fast and easy access to all of your most used items. Stop wasting time hunting through your Start Menu. Your programs, documents, favorites, bookmarks, web sites, shutdown, and search engines are all just a few keystrokes away. Also, Engage will organize your programs for you automatically. Engage is simple, just press Start, then type a few letters and press Enter to launch.

FastOpen XP offers a quick and simple solution for accessing your important files,folders and web links. FastOpen XP has many features to help you manage a menu of files, folders and web address, and can display an unlimited number of menu items. The menu is available from an icon in the tray bar area or from button next to the Start menu. FastOpen XP is FREE for users of FileQuest XP. Download your FREE 50 day trial of FastOpen XP today!

Tired of digging into crowded Start Menu? JetStart offers you a quick access to categorized Start Menu shortcuts, recently launched programs and system commands. Just point your mouse to the Start Menu button! You can also place your most used programs and documents into the handy toolbar and quickly run any program by typing few starting letters. Reorder taskbar buttons by drag and drop!

FastOpen XP Gold let you design menus that work just like the Start menu.  It takes very little time to come up with a menu that works for you. FastOpen XP Gold has many features to help you manage a menu of files, folders and web address, and can display an unlimited number of menu items and menus. The menu is available from an icon in the tray bar area or from button next to the Start menu.

The ultimate solution for optimizing your Desktop, My Tools represents the next generation of Windows desktop menus. Hiding itself until you need it, My Tools easily holds all of your favorite Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts, and more, while keeping your Desktop as clean as you like and allowing you to find and use your favorite programs, and more, easier and quicker than any other menu system. My Tools gives you real control over your Desktop!

Create a professional CD-ROM autoplay / autorun start menu using CDMenu. The Menu Editor makes creation of the menu window easy. Equally simple is the definition of all window menu and button attributes, including background, sound and text objects. Launching files (HTML, PPT, PPS, XLS, DOC, TXT,...) or programs is made child's play. CDMenuPro generates all files required for autostart (Autorun.inf).

Tweak-XP - The Premier Companion To Windows XP: an application that adds more than 56 time-saving productivity improvements to Windows XP. In addition to tuning Windows XP to run faster, Tweak-XP's easy-to-use functions let you tailor the Windows interface to meet your personal needs.

Create new folders anywhere on your PC with a simple right click. New Folder Here will add the command 'New Folder Here' to the menu that pops up when you right-click on a File, Folder, Drive, Start button, Programs menu or Favorites menu. Windows does have the command 'New/Folder' although very limitee you can create a folder and it usually takes a while for the 'New' menu to expand. Create them anywhere instantly with this little utility.

XPepius is an all-in-one tools suite for tweaking, optimizing, tuning and cleaning of Windows XP. It helps you increase performance and manage your system using 450+ tweaks and 5 utilities that include a Start-Up Manager, Uninstaller, Cleanup Center (cleans history of Windows, Internet and 80+ third party softwares), Disk Cleanup, and XP Styler. Also has skinned, fully commented interface, HTML help file and drag & drop support.

DeskLauncher is a Start Menu alternative. It lets you launch applications, documents, URLs immediately and easier using toolbar, tray menu, floating window, hotkeys or aliases. After installation DeskLauncher creates sample menu for you. Applications are added either through a dialog or by dragging from Windows onto the launch pad. The software has Load at startup and Auto-hide options that should make your life even more easier.