If IE 4.0 is not installed on your computer, you can also use the following similar steps to accomplish a reordering of the icons. Right-click the START button and select Open. Inside, select the item(s) you want to appear at the top of the START Menu. Now press F2 for Rename and then place the cursor at the beginning of the name and type the number 1. Next, press Enter to keep this change. If you want additional changes, place a 2 in front of the item to appear below the aforementioned first one and so on until you have them in a desired order. 

Adding/Deleting icons from the START menu 
You can add and delete any of the items listed in the Programs group of the Start menu. In the Start Menu’s Settings option, choose Taskbar, and then click the Start Menu Programs Tab. Now click the Add, Delete or Change buttons and browse for the program on your hard drive. In Windows Explorer you can also find the folder you want on your START Menu and then drag it to the START button. 

Deleting files from the Document Menu of the START menu programs 
In the event you want to delete files from the Documents Menu to clear it, choose START, Settings, Taskbar. In the Taskbar Properties dialog box, click on the Start Menu Programs Tab. In the Documents Menu area, click on Clear and then on OK. 

Sizing START menu icons 
You can have up to 26 icons on your START Menu. Should there be a large number of these icons on your START Menu, you can reduce their size so they don’t cover your entire desktop screen. To reduce the size of these icons, right-click any empty area of the START Menu, choose Properties, click the Taskbar Options Tab, select Show Small Icons in START Menu, and lastly click OK. 

Hiding START menu items 
If there is more than one person using your computer, you may want to "hide" some of the items on your START Menu. If this is the case, right-click the START button, select Open, find the item to be "hidden" from your START Menu, right-click that item, choose Properties and in this dialog box choose Hidden, and lastly click OK. Repeat these steps for each item to be hidden from the START Menu and then restart Windows 95. (If for some reason the items still appear in the START Menu, in any Explorer window, select View, Options, and on the View Tab, select Hide Files of These Types. If you have IE 4 or higher, select View, Folder Options, and on the View Tab, select Do Not Show Hidden Files.) 

Missing START button 
If you want to discourage someone from using your computer, make your START button disappear from the screen. It will disappear by pressing CTRL+ESC, pressing ESC again, holding down the Alt key and pressing the hyphen key, using the down-arrow key, choosing Close from the shortcut menu, and pressing Enter. To get the START button back in its place, press Ctrl+Alt+Del, in the Close Program dialog box, select Explorer and click End Task. In the next dialog box, which asks whether or not you want to shutdown your computer, click NO. Now wait about 10 seconds. When the next dialog box appears, click End Task. 

Disappearing START taskbar 
If you have a problem with the START Taskbar disappearing from your monitor screen, click the errant window, press Alt plus Spacebar, and the X. Or, you can right-click the errant Window’s button on the Taskbar and choose Maximize from the shortcut menu. Regardless of which solution works for you, do not click on the Restore button again until you have resized the window so that it places the title bar visibly on the desktop. If you want to move the Taskbar to the bottom, left, or right of your screen, click on any blank area of the Taskbar and hold down the mouse button. Now drag the bar to the top, left, or right side of the screen. When you have it positioned to your preferred location, release the mouse button. 

Exercising caution 
Although changes can be made to the START Menu, it does have some limitations. For example, you cannot add or edit Help, Settings, and Find. If you don’t want to make any mistakes with changes to your START Menu that could cause serious software failures, "Q-Sort" from Hyper-Q Software  can alphabetize both the START Menu and your Favorites group for you. With this program, you can set it to automatically keep your START Menu in alphabetical order.