Sort Programs Menu in Alphabetical order in Windows XP

You Need to edit Registry (with caution) to get this working correctly.

Must Follow Precautions : You must back your registry up before committing any changes to it ! and save it in your pendrive/portable hardisk.

SORTING MENU / PROGRAM LIST in Windows XP

1. Go to Start—>run—>type regedit—–> click in order

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder

2. Right click MenuOrder in the left pane—-> click Delete—-> click Yes to delete MenuOrder.

3.To show Sorted Menu/Programs

a)press Ctrl+Shift+Esc keys together to bring up the Task manager

b)In Task manager—->In Processes tab click on Imagename,column to sort alphabetically—>press e to fast locate explorer.exe—>press delete key —>when u see nothing otherthan wallpaper —>again bring up Taskmanager—> click Applications tab—>click “New Task..” button—>type explorer.exe—>hit Enter (i.e return key)—>see if the Menus/Programs list is sorted now otherwise YOU SHOULD REBOOT THE PC .

Must Read Steps Below

Follow these steps (better if both are performed) below to backup your registry keys.
1.Entire Registry Backup: press Start—->Run—->type system32—-> find regedt32.exe —->copy it to your pendrive or any other Hard Disk partition of your computer.

2.Specific Registry keys: press Start—->Run—>type regedit–>Navigate to the key you want to change —->right Click on it —->Select Export—->Select the desired location to save the key.

Disclaimer:No one other than you shall be responsible for any kind of system boot failure/disorder/malfunction caused after reading this article.