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Dean0123

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    Start menu won't show submenus for another partition - Win7
    « on: January 01, 2011, 08:42:54 PM »
    Hello. My name is Dean.
    I have created a partition for Win7 OS "C:", and another partition for all my data "D:".
    I added a shortcut to "D:" in the start menu (in my personal folder).
    When I go to my personal folder the link is there but the submenus don't slide out like the local files on C:
    Can anyone advise me how I can have the submenus slide out on the start menu when the files and folders are in another partition?

    I am running Windows 7 Ultimate - 32 Bit

    Thankyou.

    Allan

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    Re: Start menu won't show submenus for another partition - Win7
    « Reply #1 on: January 02, 2011, 06:30:00 AM »
    I don't know that you can.

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      Re: Start menu won't show submenus for another partition - Win7
      « Reply #2 on: January 02, 2011, 09:38:42 AM »
      After much reading it seems that there is no user friendly way to add libraries to the right-pane !!!

      I have worked out how to do it (cheating).

      I renamed the video library to "Data".
      Start > Right click on the name > Rename.

      I then removed the video files and placed my links in the library
      Start > Right click on the name > Properties > Include a folder... (Browse for and selected the links) > Optimise this library for: General Items > OK

      I can now navigate gracefully through the contents of my "data" partition.

      I hope this helps anyone with a similar challenge!

      BTW, I did try to "include a folder in my personal library but when I right clicked it there was no properties option!