How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu
If your computer won't let you access all programs through the start menu, here's how to access them otherwise. Open the start menu.
Method 1 of 2:
Windows Vista
-
Picture 1 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Open the start menu. -
Picture 2 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Click Computer. -
Picture 3 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Double-click on the Local Disc (C:) icon (May be named slightly different on some computers). -
Picture 4 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Click an empty space on the address bar (Bar at top of screen that says Computer > Local Disc (C:)). -
Picture 5 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Type C:ProgramData and press enter/return. -
Picture 6 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Open the Microsoft folder. -
Picture 7 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Open the Windows folder. -
Picture 8 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Open the Start Menu folder. -
Picture 9 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Open the Programs folder.
Method 2 of 2:
Windows XP
-
Picture 10 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Open My Computer, on your desktop. -
Picture 11 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Double-click on the Local Disc (C:) icon (May be named slightly different on some computers). -
Picture 12 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Open the Documents and Settings folder). -
Picture 13 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Open the user folder that you want to access programs from. -
Picture 14 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Open the Start Menu folder. -
Picture 15 of How to Access Your Computer's Programs on Windows Without Using the Start Menu Open the Programs folder.
Update 04 March 2020
You should read it
- How to Extract a Gz File
- Open the file, open the folder with a mouse click
- How to Zip Folder on Windows
- How to Access Shared Folders on a Network
- Fix the problem of opening the Download folder on Windows 10 too slowly
- How to Protect Folders With Passwords
- How to open a folder on a Mac using a command in Terminal
- Error of not being able to open the Download folder in Windows 10 and 11
- How to set a default folder opening in Finder on Mac
- How to Open the Applications Folder on Mac
- How to Find the Library Folder on a Mac
- How to find the Windows 10 Startup folder
Maybe you are interested
This hidden score shows how well a computer runs Windows Windows 11 22H2: Update Moment 1 with many notable features This is the easiest way to reinstall Windows 11 and fix the problem! 5 ways to turn off Windows 11 Update, stop updating Windows 11 Speed up Internet connection on Windows 11 computer How to check if your Windows computer supports Miracast