start-menu is a little tool that will add a "Start" menu in the menu bar You can use the Start menu to executing external program just like the start menu in windows. Quick start: If you are using debian linux or ubuntu linux just M-x `start-menu-enable' Otherwise, you should config `start-menu-menu-conf' first then M-x `start-menu-enable' For Windows user: Sine the path to program often contains space, so may be you use "" to quote the path If you don't need Start menu any more,just M-x start-menu-disable Since many user hidden the menu bar, so there is also a command `start-menu-popup' which will pop up the start menu.