003. Customise your Start menu

There's a number of options you can choose to make the Start menu a bit friendlier. For example, for faster access to Control Panel applications and your network details, you can expand their entries in the Start menu.

1. Right-click on an empty space on the task bar, and then click onProperties
2. Click on the Start Menu tab. Click the active Customize button
   • If you're using the Classic Start Menu, select Expand Control Panel and Expand Network Connections
   • If you're using the standard Start Menu, in the Control Panel section select Display as a menu. Network Connections sadly doesn't obey the same behaviour here, but you can do the next best thing and set it to link to the right place — under the Network Connections section, select Link to Network Connections folder
3. Click OK, then OK again to effect the changes

There's plenty of other options here, so feel free to prod around.

An expanded Control Panel and Network Connections option should speed up your navigation.