Organize the Start Menu
By default AT&T loads up the Samsung Epix with a whole lot of useless demos, applications and general clutter. You can now remove unwanted shortcuts from your Start Menu, and organize the rest to your liking, just follow these steps:
- Launch File Explorer (Start > Programs > Applications > File Explorer)
- Navigate to My Device > Windows > Start Menu > Programs
- Delete any unwanted shortcuts (except for those listed below) or move shortcuts into new folders.
Note 1: Do NOT remove/move Calendar, Contacts, Phone, Messaging or Internet Explorer Apps or else you will break hard key functionality. If you do not want them to show in your Start Menu, right-click on the shortcuts, select Properties and set them to be “hidden”.
Note 2: The shortcut to Windows Media Player resides in the AT&T Music folder, so make sure to move that shortcut out of the AT&T Music folder before deleting that folder.
January 15th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
how can i “right click”? every time i select the menu item it opens it!
January 16th, 2009 at 3:30 am
dru bob – generally to “right click” you hold down the center “mouse” button for 2 seconds.
January 21st, 2009 at 6:57 pm
thx
March 31st, 2009 at 11:31 pm
didn’t read all the way through and moved calendar from \programs to \programs\applications. Now when i try to move/copy it back i get an error stating ” Cannot copy Claendar: Access is denied. Be certain that there is enough free storage memory, that the destination is not write protected and that the file is not currently in use. Well…i checked on all 3, still no joy. Any ideas?
March 31st, 2009 at 11:33 pm
never mind, it was the copy function it didn’t like. a cut and paste worked great.
August 10th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Short of doing a reset to factory defaults: Is there a way to rebuild AT&T’s default shortcuts and menu items? I must have done something wrong, because I can no longer assign Windows Media Player to a shortcut key (although it’s on my start menu; but I want it on a shortcut/FN keystroke).