expanding menu in xp

I should know this one, but I can't find it.

In xp, I click on the start button, then programs. The default is that fold up menu with some options not visiable until I click the down arrow .... I don't want that.

I want the full menu all the time - every time.

I looked at the start button properties, and tried both the "scroll programs" option checked and unchecked - both give me the fold out / scroll down arrows ... how do I get the full menu everytime?

ty

 

START>SETTINGS>TASKBARandSTARTMENU. Hit the STARTMENU tab on the properties box. Click on "customize"
Scroll down the menu, and uncheck "use personalized menus"
Click ok.

 

ty Brian. knew it was something simple, and couldn't find it in the help files. geesh I feel foolish.

but TY very much

 

DON'T feel foolish Ched. The only reason I jumped on your question right away, was because I had done it once, then after doing a "system restore", I couldn't remember how to get the full menu back again !! I must have sat here an hour, trying to remember. But who would think "show personalized menu's" was the thing that did it?? "show full menu's each time" would have been a better way to have it listed. Glad I could help.
Peace