Simple Tip: Organize Start Menu alphabetically

Tired of newly installed programs being added randomly to the Start Menu and being difficult to find?

Open the Registry Editor (Start, Run… regedit) and browse to:
\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs

and delete the Order key. It should be a REG_Binary with pairs of Hexadecimal numbers following. Log off and log back on and there should finally be some order to the Start Menu. It will be sorted Alphabetically, first folders and then direct shortcuts at the bottom.

You can do the same with your Favorites if you wanted by deleting the Order key from:
\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites

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