How can i put shortcuts etc in this part of the StartBox?

Hi all, heres a question that a few of u have probably been wondering...

On the screenshot below of my startbox u will see a massive empty space on the right that i'm sure could be put to some use...

http://www.boomspeed.com/lotusastra/StartBox2.jpg
if u cant see ScreenShot let me know!

I've tried just dragging stuff in there but it doesn't work, u'll see what i mean if u try it....

So any ideas, i'm thinking along the lines of a reg edit trick etc... or anything really that works...

Many thx in advance & Regards https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

------------------
Just my opinions from past experience...and guessing. Post back to let others know if our ideas worked!
BACKUP NOW! u can RESTORE your WHOLE HARD DRIVE and be back in minutes after any BIG Mistake!!!

I beleive that section comes from shell32.dll. There may be a way to edit it with a hex editor, you'd have to search around to try and find how. You can cut down things on the other side, right click on the taskbar, properties...
Also have a look at group editor, though it doesn't have what you're looking for, it does have a lot of customization.

------------------
Please help us help you by posting which linux distribution, version, and desktop manager you use. Have a good one.

Cheers Downtime, thx for your help, just so ya'll know, i don't wanna have any less stuff on the left side (i want more), as i find it quite usefull, i allready made it as big as it would go...

b'cuz XP IMO has such a cool massive startbox i've managed to get rid of everything from the desktop (including Recycle Bin) i prefer it that way so stuff is allways accessable in startbox without having to minimise things and it makes the wallpaper look better too https://discussions.virtualdr.com/...

Its mainly things like the "recycle bin" and the "lock PC" and a few other system tools that i really wanna move to the right hand side to allow more room for the recently used app part on the left...

its a shame i can't just drag stuff over there, i'll do some searches as u suggested, in the mean time hopefully someone's allready done this and can share their technique with me...

BTW: wheres the "group editor" u mentioned, i done a search in WinXP help but it wasn't helpfull...

SIDENOTE for Downtime: i still haven't got around to tasting my last scandisk prob yet, but will let u know when i do in that particular thread!

Many thx, Regards https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

Hi, i've just realised that i can change the startbox icons to small (better l8 than never), that allows a lot more things to be listed on the left https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ but it obviously still leaves me with this empty space on the right which i can't yet fill...

hhhmmmm, not sure i prefer the small icons or not...

Regards https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

Download tweakui, the second selection takes you to group editor. I keep the recycle bin in the quicklaunch bar, also my documents, I prefer an empty desktop too, other than priority items. But I usually surf in linux, so, even though I use certain things in xp, it's sometimes hard to direct to locations from memory.

------------------
Please help us help you by posting which linux distribution, version, and desktop manager you use. Have a good one.

Thx, i found that setting in TweakUI, i never bothered looking to see what it was b4, some new features i never even knew existed!

hopefully an expert on "shell32.dll" stuff will come along.... or do u think it would be so much of a hassle to do that no-ones ever bothered yet?

--------------------------------------------
Linux aye, I downloaded the 3 "ISO" CD's of the Free Linux Mandrake 8.1 (best version 4 newbies i hear) for sumut new to learn, just haven't got around to trying it yet tho... never used or seen Linux b4, so that'll be a bit of a mission i expect, i'm sure u'll see my post in the Linux section eventually https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

Regards https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

just thought i'd bump this back up once more... basicaly i need i link or some info about editing the "shell32.dll" to do what i asked in my 1st post... anyone got any ideas???

TIA & Regards https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ https://discussions.virtualdr.com/