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Re:Cairo Desktop Environment by stinos on Sunday December 08, 2019 @09:41AM (#21736076)
but I can't tap a keyboard letter to jump down the list

Works for me: Win key, down arrow to get into list (otherwise it will search everything), typing a letter jumps to that letter. Bonus tip, sometimes useful: Ctrl+arrows resizes start menu.

Candy Crush Slot Machine Simular Redux

That sucks, yes, but right-click + uninstall seems to get rid of it once and for all.

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Re:Cairo Desktop Environment by nmg on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @09:07PM (#21758923)
The Start Menu tips work great, never thought to try arrow keys first. And resizing the menu is brilliant, thanks for this!

Now if I could just stop the games from magically re-appearing in my Start Menu after a Windows Update...

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Re:Cairo Desktop Environment by thunderbong on Sunday December 08, 2019 @12:35PM (#21737010)
That Ctl+arrows key to resize the Start Menu I didn't know about. Thanks!
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Re:Cairo Desktop Environment by stinos on Monday December 09, 2019 @03:53AM (#21741273)
Figuring out these things is fairly easy: Windows is quite involved when it comes to using keyboard, so usually when I'm in a new environment I try a bunch of typical keyboard strokes to see which ones react.
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Re:Cairo Desktop Environment by melenaos on Sunday December 08, 2019 @10:41AM (#21736409)
Great advice, I didn't know that way to search the list
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Re:Cairo Desktop Environment by shigawire on Sunday December 08, 2019 @03:51PM (#21738214)
This is probably different than what you want but just in case...

I almost always do Ctrl+s to search and type a few letters of the program I want.

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