My new computer came with this monstrosity. I’m really missing a couple features. Can anyone tell me how to get these back:
1 - the little button next to the start menu that minimizes all windows and shows the desktop. I can do this by right clicking on the task bar and choosing ‘Show the Desktop’, but this is not nearly as convenient as the button was.
2 - the Documents menu. I want to be able to see a list of documents I’ve been working on and click on one o’ them to start up Word, Excel, etc. Where’d it go?
The Documents menu should be there – if not right-click on the start menu and click ‘Customise’ (or it may be ‘Properties’; I’m not at a WinXP PC right now). Within that should be the option to display the Documents menu.
You can create a program to show the desktop as follows:
Quick Launch is off by default in Win XP, once it is turned on drag the show desktop button to the quick launch bar, although I think mine was already on there, once I turned the Quick Launch bar on.
Recent Documents - Right click on the start button, choose ‘properties’. It should be on the Start Menu tab, choose ‘customize’. Click on the ‘advanced’ tab and on the bottom is a ‘Recent Documents’ listing. There is a check box that when checked adds the ‘Recent Documents’ to the start menu.
Mine has seven icons. Is yours locked down? (right-click on the taskbar and click Lock the taskbar - if it’s locked it’ll unlock and allow you to resize the bar).