Getting Music in my start button

[Happy Face 29]

I want to be able to browse through songs from my start button.

 

Any clues?

 

I've tried

 

right click start button > Properties > Customize > Add > Music folder

 

But I can only open the folder in a window, I want a sub menu of artists to list, then a sub menu of albums, then songs.

 

Ticking Expand My Documents is no use either, since my music is stored on another hard drive I can't access via My documents.

[Craig 6284]

You should be able to create a shortlink to the Folder in your start menu.

 

Right-click the Start button and select Explore. This should open explorer at:

 

C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\start menu\

 

Where you should see a list of folders in your start menu ('Programs' being one of them).

 

Copy a shortcut to your Music folder to this same directory and hey-presto, you should be able to access it from your start menu.

[Happy Face 29]

Thanks.

 

I'd already got that far. When I had music in 'My Music' I didn't have to open the folder in a new window, all the artists were listed in a sub-menu and I could get to songs from the start button without opening a window.

 

Now I've put all my music on a new (separate) hard drive I can't store music in/expand 'My Music' It's annoying.

[Craig 6284]

Thanks.

 

I'd already got that far.  When I had music in 'My Music' I didn't have to open the folder in a new window, all the artists were listed in a sub-menu and I could get to songs from the start button without opening a window.

 

Now I've put all my music on a new (separate) hard drive I can't store music in/expand 'My Music' It's annoying.

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I see what you mean now - 'My Music' is ovbiously one of those system folders which behave slightly differently - Fonts is another one.

 

I'm guessing it's gonna require some tweaking to the registry to make your new folder behave in the same way as the old one. I'll have a scout round and see if I can find anything and let you know