CIS 170F: Windows 7 Administration

Week 6

User Management
Managing Profiles
The Start Menu

  • The Start menu is a collection of folders and shortcuts to applications.

  • Modifying the Start menu is as simple as creating folders and shortcuts. Users all have a personal version of the Start menu that is stored in their profile. n addition, common elements of the Start menu are located in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu. The elements in both locations are merged and displayed to the user.

  • The simplest way to modify the user portion of the Start menu is to right-click the Start button and click Explore. The user specific settings are located in C:\Users\ username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu, where username is the username of the user.