Vista offered the option of restoring that "classic" Start Menu, but Windows 7, inexplicably, doesn't. Fortunately, there are at least two ways to accomplish this: one, a simple Registry tweak; the other, a shareware utility.
1. Click Start, type regedit, and press Enter.
2. Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software \Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
3. Double-click the Favorites entry and replace the current path with this one:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
4. Navigate to a second key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
5. Repeat Step 3.
6. Exit Regedit, then restart your PC.
Now, when you click Start, you should see a Programs menu on the righthand side. Mouse over to see the fly-out Programs menu of yore:
(Don't see it? You'll need to tweak the Start Menu settings. Right-click Start, then click Properties. In the Start Menu tab, click the Customize button. Scroll down to the Favorites menu entry, click its checkbox, and then click OK, OK.)
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