Sort By Name Group Policy

[mattpant]

Hi Folks,

 

Does anybody know if there is a Group policy that will Sort Start Menu Items by name?

 

When i click on Start - All Programs the list of programs is all over the place, and I can right click on them a select "Sort By Name" which makes them look alot neater,

 

However not everyone has the ability to Right Click and Select Sort By Name, and was wondering if there was a Policy that could be fired out that would ensure that the Start Menu Items always appeared in that way.

 

Any thoughts?

 

What are the chances of a forum focussed purely on Group Policys and Settings?

 

Regards,

 

Matt

[ChrisH]

I dont think there is anything like this but Im sure this could be set in what ever profiling system you use.

[mattpant]

Hi Chris,

 

Thanks for the reply. We use a Mandatory Roaming Profile for Pupils. When the profile was created, the "Sort By name" right click was applied, although when users logon it doens't seem to make a difference.

 

Matt

[ajbritton]

To sort the Start Menu, you need to DELETE the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
MenuOrder\Start Menu

The way that I do this in AD is by using the PolicyMaker Registry Extension, which is a freely downloadable GP client side extension (Desktop Standard PolicyMaker Registry Extension). This lets you make registry changes via GP.

 

Alternatively, create a simple logon script which does the following (NB - NOT TESTED)

REG DELETE "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu" /f

 

and add it to a group policy which affects user accounts.

 

You can also sort the Favourites list by deleting

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
MenuOrder\Favorites

[Guest]

@ajbritton

 

PolicyMaker Registry Extension sounds very good. Gona take a look at it tomorrow. At last I can get rid of the .reg files from my logon scripts

[ajbritton]

@SYSMAK_MK

 

Yep, it's very handy. It's just a pity the GPMC integration isn't a bit better. It would be great if all the settings appeared there as well as GP Editor.

[mattpant]

Super..

 

Thanks very much for the replies.. Just downloaded the software, going to give it a go in a bit!

 

Regards,

 

Matt