nemolar, Try this. Right click your Start button, choose Properties and click the Customize button,click the Advanced tab, under Start Menu scroll down to "Scroll Programs" and uncheck it, click OK/Apply/OK.
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When I click on Favorites, how do I make it so that the list that I see is already "expanded", instead of seeing a list of only my recently-opened favourites and having to click on the DOUBLE down arrows?
And likewise, when I click on a folder in the Favorites list, how do I make it so that the sub-folders list is also already "expanded"?
Thanks in advance for any assistance given.

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