[OU] Menu question

[Josef W. Segur]

On 31 Jan 2008 at 16:44, Joel wrote:

> Since these 2 categories - widgets and tooIs - I never use and never will,
> deleting them permanently would free up valuable space I'd like to put to
> other use.
> 
> I really appreciate your response.
> 
> What must I do to apply this information? I readily admit I'm a novice, so
> if you have to explain this in fifth grade terms, I won't be insulted.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -Joel Kellner - jerseyjoel at gmail.com

OK, I'll try more detail.

1. In Opera choose "About Opera" from the Help menu, look for the line
   which says "Opera directory" and write down the path. It should end
   with \profile\.
2. I've edited the suggested file contents to also hide the Tools menu
   in addition to the Widgets and Feeds you originally wanted to remove.
   With your mouse select everything between the dotted lines, then use
   the edit menu in your email program to copy that information.
3. Open Notepad and paste the copied information.
4. From Notepad's File menu, select Save.
5. In the upper part, navigate to your profile folder, then the menu
   subfolder of that.
6. In the lower part, change the "Save as type:" line to All Files.
7. In the "File name:" field enter "JoelMenu1.ini" without the
   quotes, then click the Save button.
8. Back in Opera, open Preferences by using Ctrl+F12, (or from the
   Tools menu). Select the Advanced tab, then Toolbars in the list.
   The lower part of that panel is the Menu setup, there should be
   a "Joel Modified" entry there. Click it, then the OK button. The
   menu bar should no longer have Feeds or Tools or Widgets.

If you have any trouble with that procedure, ask again but include
information such as what version of Windows you're using and the
path to your profile.
-- 
                                             Joe
 
 
> Joel could make a file called JoelMenu1.ini and put it in his
> profile\menu subdirectory which would substitute a different main
> menu section. The content between the dashed lines below should
> get rid of the Widgets and Feeds items, I have added leading
> semicolons to those lines.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
Opera Preferences version 2.0
; Menu specification file for Opera 7.0
; This file is stored in UTF-8 encoding

[Version]
File Version=2

[Info]
Name=Joel Modified
Description=Joel Modified menu setup
Author=JWS
Version=1

[Browser Menu Bar]

Submenu, 148470, Browser File Menu
Submenu, 148480, Browser Edit Menu
Submenu, 67390, Browser View Menu
Submenu, 67398, Browser Bookmarks Menu
;Submenu, -235137047, Browser Widgets Menu
;Submenu, 70505, Internal Popular List
;Feature Feeds, Submenu, 70491, Browser Feeds Menu
Feature Mail, Submenu, 67397, Browser Mail Menu
Feature Chat, Submenu, 69944, Browser Chat Menu
;Submenu, 69681, Browser Tools Menu
Platform Mac, Submenu, 67396, Browser Window Menu
Platform Windows-Unix-MCE, Feature MDI, Submenu, 67396, Browser Window Menu
;Submenu, "Test", Browser Test Menu
Submenu, 67395, Browser Help Menu
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> To activate the revised menu, in the lower pane of
> Preferences | Advanced | Toolbars select the "Joel Modified"
> option.
> 
> Opera reads these ini files by section, so only modified
> sections need be in a customized menu. Other sections will
> be read from the default menu file.
> 
>                                                 Joe
>