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   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, alt.windows-xp   
   From: ctcboater@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 5/24/2010 11:31 AM, ever90321@mypacks.net wrote:   
   > Hello,   
   >   
   > I've done numerous web and usenet searches over the past few days and   
   > come up short, and am hoping now to get somebody's input...   
   >   
   > I am not a C programmer, but am looking for a registry or command line   
   > technique, or a small 3rd party command line tool that performs the   
   > right-click ->  Sort By Name feature on the Windows XP Programs menu.   
   > (Or similarly, the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" Control Panel's   
   > Sort button.)  It would obviously be helpful if it worked for newer   
   > OS's, too.  From what I can tell, there is no built-in way to do this,   
   > without performing additional work like rebooting the computer.  I   
   > also found a VBS script that does an actual (bubble?) sort on the   
   > shortcuts, which is also something I want to avoid.  From using   
   > SysInternals' Process Monitor, the best I can tell is that the Sort   
   > functionality is built into explorer.exe, but I have no idea if this   
   > API call is even exposed for programmers.   
   >   
   > Any suggestions?   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
   > Todd   
   >   
   If all else fails, you can make an exe from an Autohotkey script.   
      
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