Showing Small Icons in Start Menu

Start menu, task bar tricks

Automatically hiding Task Bar

There is a typical option which helps the user to automatically hide and unhide the task bar. When it is used, Windows hides the task bar and displays it back automatically when we move the mouse pointer to the task bar's place. To enable automatic taskbar hiding, turn ON "Auto Hide" option from "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" Window.

If you want to disable automatic taskbar hiding, turn OFF "Auto Hide" option from "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" Window. Note : Some times dragging taskbar may hide your taskbar which looks like Auto hidden, but if this is the case, you should only drag it to show it. Auto hide is useless in such cases.

Showing Small Icons in Start Menu

It is possible to display small sized icons in start menu to make Start Menu very small in size. This will only alter the size of the icons in Start Menu and not any where else. To enable automatic Small Icons display, turn ON "Show Small Icons in Start Menu" option from "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" Window. Your new Start Menu may look as shown bellow.

Start Menu : Personalized Menus

This item when turned on, affects the Programs sub Menu in Start Menu. Personalized Menus keeps the Programs menu clean by hiding items that you haven't used recently, while still keeping other programs easily accessible. You can gain access to hidden programs by clicking the down arrow at the bottom of the Programs menu.
To enable Personalized Menus, turn ON "Use Personalized Menus" option from "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" Window.
Turn OFF the Use Personalized Menus option to disable this.