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Can we alphabetize pinned programs in Start 11? I really love the app, checked the settings, but cannot locate how to alphabetize the pinned apps. Thanks!
You can drag them to rearrange them.
I agree, right-click sort by: Name, Type, Etc. would be great. Or just make a fences for start menu...
Dude, yes!
Sorting would be quite easy for them to implement. Stardock is simply being lazy about addressing this longstanding customer request.
Here's how you can sort the Start10/Start11 menu items manually:
1. Disclaimer: First save any important work. Always keep backups of your computer. Read the steps carefully.
2. Open the Windows Registry Editor (press WindowsKey+R and run "regedit")
3. Locate this registry key which stores the start menu order:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Pinned
4. Rename the "Pinned" folder to "Pinned.old" (This effectively deletes the folder, preserving a backup in case you want to rename it back.)
5. Next, right-click in an empty space on your Windows task bar, and launch "Task Manager."
IMPORTANT: Do not close the Task Manager window! We'll need it for step 7.
IMPORTANT: Step 6 will cause your Start Menu and task bar to temporarily disappear. (If something goes wrong, rebooting the computer is another way to bring it back.)
6. In the Task Manager window, look through the list of processes, and find "Windows Explorer" (Explorer.exe). Right-click on it and choose "End task." If there are multiple instances of Windows Explorer, end them all.
7. In the Task Manager window, click File -> "Run new task". Enter the name "Explorer". This causes the Start Menu to reappear.
Your Start Menu should now be nicely sorted in alphabetical order. If it didn't work, recheck the registry key from Step 3 to make sure the "Pinned" folder didn't get re-saved by the app.
Resetting the "Pinned" order would be super easy for a Stardock software engineer to implement, probably less than 30 minutes of coding. I hope one day they will finally listen to their customers and give us this feature!
Interesting. I don't have a pinned folder.
https://i.imgur.com/6PBSrqW.jpeg
Sorting would be quite easy for them to implement. Stardock is simply being lazy about addressing this longstanding customer request.
Here's how you can sort the Start10/Start11 menu items manually:
1. Disclaimer: First save any important work. Always keep backups of your computer. Read the steps carefully.
2. Open the Windows Registry Editor (press WindowsKey+R and run "regedit")
3. Locate this registry key which stores the start menu order:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Pinned
4. Rename the "Pinned" folder to "Pinned.old" (This effectively deletes the folder, preserving a backup in case you want to rename it back.)
5. Next, right-click in an empty space on your Windows task bar, and launch "Task Manager."
IMPORTANT: Do not close the Task Manager window! We'll need it for step 7.
IMPORTANT: Step 6 will cause your Start Menu and task bar to temporarily disappear. (If something goes wrong, rebooting the computer is another way to bring it back.)
6. In the Task Manager window, look through the list of processes, and find "Windows Explorer" (Explorer.exe). Right-click on it and choose "End task." If there are multiple instances of Windows Explorer, end them all.
7. In the Task Manager window, click File -> "Run new task". Enter the name "Explorer". This causes the Start Menu to reappear.
Your Start Menu should now be nicely sorted in alphabetical order. If it didn't work, recheck the registry key from Step 3 to make sure the "Pinned" folder didn't get re-saved by the app.
Resetting the "Pinned" order would be super easy for a Stardock software engineer to implement, probably less than 30 minutes of coding. I hope one day they will finally listen to their customers and give us this feature!
These instructions do not work for Windows 10/11 style menus which was the original request but would work for Windows 7/modern style. There is no need to restart explorer or terminate it however, simply sign out and back in again will work just fine. The list is only resaved after a reorder operation.
The default for the Windows 7/modern menu is to sort. It will only stop sorting once you manually reorder things as you have requested a specific order. So anything already in the list will then save that order and anything newly added will appear at the bottom of the list, but sorted A-Z.
As for providing an option to reset this, I am unaware of previous requests, but we will give it some consideration.
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