Most Often Used Programs

[sanddrag]

So what are the programs that currently appear in your Windows Xp start menu as being used most often?

Mine are (in order) Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Calculator, TransMac, Command Prompt, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Graphmatica.

[Billfred]

I couldn't tell you for sure (never even use the start menu, and even when I do, I don't know where that is).

But Firefox, AIM, iTunes, and OpenOffice.org (mainly the word processing application thereof).

[Max Lobovsky]

Firefox, AIM, Outlook, Winamp, text editor of some sort. I can't decide on my favorite yet (notepad++, context, textpad), PowerCalc, AceFTP, Word, Internet Explorer, Google Desktop Search in approximately that order

[Jessica Boucher]

Hmm, this looks interesting...

Firefox, Outlook, AIM, iTunes, Excel, Word, Wake Up News (alarm clock..it takes me forever to wake up), and Photoshop.

[Katie Reynolds]

Firefox, Semagic, Trillian, MS Word, Winamp, Microsoft Photo Editor, The Sims 2 :)

[White_Orpheus]

AIM, Maxthon, iTunes, MSN Messenger, 3DSM, Photoshop, UT2k4, Azureus

[DCA Fan]

Notepad, Gaim, Photoshop, Word, Filezilla, WMP, Dreamweaver

[Greg Needel]

DC++, microsoft word, pokerstars, VLC media player, Remote desktop, Exel, Visio, powerpoint, notepad, paint

[Koko Ed]

Word, Photoshop, Spider Solitaire(my wife's addiction), First class(for an online course at RIT), Calculator(got to add up point totals for fantasy football analysis), Zerospyware, Versa Check 2003 (it's fun making your own checks), Cakewalk Pyro 2004,

[Ryan M.]

Don't normally use the new Start menu (Old school is nicer... ;)), but just for you I checked:
Notepad -- I really don't that often. Lying start menu.
Visual Studio 2003 -- I'm hoping to get beta 2005 soon
Zip Genius 5 -- Freeware archive program, can read tons of formats. Go here (http://www.zipgenius.it/) to find out more.
Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004
Adobe Photoshop CS
Word
Dreamweaver
Nero -- v 6.something
Command Prompt -- !
RealPlayer

[Brandon Martus]

My work laptop:

Microsoft Word
Notepad
Calculator
WinSCP
Adobe Photoshop CS
Command Prompt

[Joe Matt]

I'm a multi-person environment with PC and Mac. Here's my list of the top 10...

-Safari
-Appleworks
-iTunes (mac and windows)
-Firefox
-Photoshop (5.5, 7, CS) Mac & PC
-AIM
-iPhoto
-Word
-Fathom
-Macromedia Suite

[MissInformation]

Work:
MemQ2
COVDRB
POAA
Word

Home:
PaintShop Pro
WinSCP
HomeSite
Word
Outlook and Internet Explorer

Heidi

[KyleGilbert45]

Trillian
Cdigix- CTRAX (new "free" music service offered here at purdue)
Plus! Alarm clock (cuz I can never wake up w/ just one alarm)
Notepad
PowerArchiver 2003

[Wetzel]

Warcraft III:Frozen Throne
MS Word 97
Risk II
Nero Burning ROM
MS Excel 97
Adobe Reader 6

Other things that would be on there would be Winamp, Firefox and AIM.
Who knows how Windows calculates what shows up there?

Wetzel

[Dorienne]

AIM
WMP
Calculator
Ares
FlashFXP
iVisit
Mozilla Firefox
Notepad

Yes yes I am a true nerd. Though, I should be doing the math in my head, and not using the calculator. ;)

[Yan Wang]

Word 2003
Acrobat 6.0 Pro
CodeWarrior IDE Pro
Notepad
Photoshop CS
Solitaire (waiting for things to compile/render...)
Mathematica 5
Access 2003
GoLive CS
Windows Media Player
Excel 2003
Counter-Strike Source

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

Tetris
Trillian
Sims 2
MS Word
Adware Spy
Itunes

Rollercoaster Tycoon often makes its entrance too.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Windows Media Player Classic
IE
TeamSpeak 2
PowerArchiver
Opera
Tribes 2
Notepad
MS Visual C++ 6.0
Windows Media Player
VideoMach

**Note: Word doesn't appear there because it's pinned to the start menu.

[Pat Fairbank]

Opera
Internet Explorer
Notepad
Command Prompt
WinZip
Alcohol 120%
Maple 9.5

[Elgin Clock]

Well.. I rarely use the start menu, but on my task bar quick launch (which is two rows) I have:

Show Desktop - My Documents - MS Photo Editor - Excel - Word - WMP - Winamp
Floppy Drive - Inter DVD Player - CD Rom Drive - Calculator - AIM - AIMAMP - IE

As for start Menu, I have Windows XP Home running classic mode view (I Hate the XP interface) and I have the following programs as not hidden:

Accessories
Spybot Search and Destroy
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 6
Winamp
SETI @ Home
Real Player (Cause of a recent Upgrade)
Media Resizer Pro Demo

[ebmonon36]

I'm doin good right now because there are no games on it. Alright here are mine (in order that they appear):
Windows Media Player
AIM
Notepad
Calculator
Paint
Microsoft Word 2k3

I love basic windows programs.
Eric

Edit: I increased the number of programs displayed and here are some more...this is where the games start to pop up:
Excel
America's Army
Winamp (yes I use both winamp and WMP...don't ask why)
Powerpoint
MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab
Rome Total War
Nero
UT2004

[Elgin Clock]

Winamp (yes I use both winamp and WMP...don't ask why)
Umm.. Why? :p

Just kidding. I do too. I hate the new Winamp, and the newer versions of WMP, so I use WMP just for movies, and the Winamp for music playing.

I feel your pain.

[ebmonon36]

I was having trouble with WMP not playing cds right and it would stop playing the sound but the bar would still move along so I started using winamp. I only use it to play cds or if I want to play music before I go to bed and still use WMP to wake me up because the volumes are independent of eachother.
Eric

[Allison K]

In Order...
Firefox, AIM, Alarm Clock, iTunes, Frontpage, Excel, Word, Paint (I take notes on my laptop a lot and use paint for the drawings), Powerpoint, and Spider Solitaire

Runners up Include...
Starcraft, Google Desktop Search, Windows Media Player, Trillian, Photoshop, Rollercoaster Tycoon, and jGrasp (A Java compiler)

[Testament-Doom]

Hmmmmmmmm:

Warcraft III: Frozen Throne
Mozilla
ZSNES
Steam
Winamp
Microsoft Word
AIM

And of course, what people don't realize is a program: WINZIP or WINRAR or ANY ZIP FILE PROGRAM THAT HAS THE WORD WIN IN IT..... OR SOMETHING!

[VGMasterShadow]

WinZip
WinRar
Firefox
AIM
Game Maker (for the game-makers out there)
Mozilla
Word
Paint
Solitare
Minesweep (very annoying game)