Even if you never change the menu order manually, your menu can soon become jumbled because new programs you install ordinarily place their shortcuts at the bottom of the menu.

If you prefer to have your menus always sorted alphabetically, you can use the following registry trick to force alphabetical sorts: remove permissions to the registry key that controls menu order.

1. Open Registry Editor and select HKEY_CURRECT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder.
2. On the Edit menu, choose Permissions.
3. In the Permissions For MenuOrder dialog box, click Advanced.
4. In the Advanced Security Settings For MenuOrder dialog box, clear the "Inherit From Parent" check box.
5. In the Security dialog box that appears, click Copy.
6. Click OK to return to the Permissions For MenuOrder dialog box, and then clear the Full Control access control entry for your own account and for any security groups that you?re a member of, leaving the Read access control entry in place.