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From: Zootal on 9 Jan 2010 16:21 Firstly, are there no Windows 7 specific groups? This really isn't a 64 bit issue - I suppose the 32 bit version does the same thing. With XP and prior version of windows, I could put directories on the start menu so that I could press Start followed by the first letter of the directory, and it would open that directory. Since "Run" started with an R, and I didn't have anything else there that started with R, I could go Start-R and the run dialog would appear. Is it possible to get Win7 to do this?
From: XS11E on 9 Jan 2010 16:54 "Zootal" <msnews(a)spam.zootal.nospam.com> wrote: > Firstly, are there no Windows 7 specific groups? Yes, but not on the MSFT servers. There's an alt.windows7 but many servers don't carry it. Other than that you're stuck with the horrible web interface on technet. -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
From: Kerry Brown on 9 Jan 2010 18:15 Start-ru works on mine. I like Winkey-R as that works on most versions of Windows. -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ "Zootal" <msnews(a)spam.zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message news:e4V27GXkKHA.1824(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Firstly, are there no Windows 7 specific groups? > > This really isn't a 64 bit issue - I suppose the 32 bit version does the > same thing. With XP and prior version of windows, I could put directories > on the start menu so that I could press Start followed by the first letter > of the directory, and it would open that directory. Since "Run" started > with an R, and I didn't have anything else there that started with R, I > could go Start-R and the run dialog would appear. Is it possible to get > Win7 to do this?
From: Zootal on 9 Jan 2010 20:07 Hmm...must be some way then to disable the search dialog. If I press the Start button on my keyboard, the start menu appears with the cursor in a box "Search programs and files"....I need to look some more... "Kerry Brown" <kerry(a)kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message news:OmuCdGYkKHA.5608(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Start-ru works on mine. I like Winkey-R as that works on most versions of > Windows. > > -- > Kerry Brown > MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration > http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ > > "Zootal" <msnews(a)spam.zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message > news:e4V27GXkKHA.1824(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Firstly, are there no Windows 7 specific groups? >> >> This really isn't a 64 bit issue - I suppose the 32 bit version does the >> same thing. With XP and prior version of windows, I could put directories >> on the start menu so that I could press Start followed by the first >> letter of the directory, and it would open that directory. Since "Run" >> started with an R, and I didn't have anything else there that started >> with R, I could go Start-R and the run dialog would appear. Is it >> possible to get Win7 to do this? >
From: R. C. White on 9 Jan 2010 21:39
Hi, Zootal. Don't release the WinKey; hold it down like the Shift key while you press the R key; that produces "Run". WinKey+E starts Windows Explorer; WinKey+D (for Desktop) hides all the icons on your desktop - or brings them back. The Windows logo key - often labeled Start and sometimes called the Search key, since it does that, too, in Win7 - works like the <Alt> key if you press and release, or like the <Ctrl> key if you hold it down. And the Usenet newsgroup for Win7 is alt.windows7.general. Sadly, the same trolls who have trashed vista.general have already discovered that NG and are out-grossing each other in trashing it, too. :>( In spite of the protests from many MVPs and other users, Microsoft decided to NOT support Win7 in newsgroups; only in web-based forums. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc(a)grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64 "Zootal" <msnews(a)spam.zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message news:O95mlHZkKHA.4356(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hmm...must be some way then to disable the search dialog. If I press the > Start button on my keyboard, the start menu appears with the cursor in a > box "Search programs and files"....I need to look some more... > > "Kerry Brown" <kerry(a)kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message > news:OmuCdGYkKHA.5608(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Start-ru works on mine. I like Winkey-R as that works on most versions of >> Windows. >> >> -- >> Kerry Brown >> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration >> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ >> >> "Zootal" <msnews(a)spam.zootal.nospam.com> wrote in message >> news:e4V27GXkKHA.1824(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Firstly, are there no Windows 7 specific groups? >>> >>> This really isn't a 64 bit issue - I suppose the 32 bit version does the >>> same thing. With XP and prior version of windows, I could put >>> directories on the start menu so that I could press Start followed by >>> the first letter of the directory, and it would open that directory. >>> Since "Run" started with an R, and I didn't have anything else there >>> that started with R, I could go Start-R and the run dialog would appear. >>> Is it possible to get Win7 to do this? |