Operating system launch menu program listing

A computer system storing executable instructions to execute a display procedure, the procedure comprising:

• displaying a launch menu upon receiving a user-initiated actuation of a button on a taskbar,
• wherein the default launch menu has a non-computer-resizable predefined area to display a dynamic region and a selection control, and
• wherein the dynamic region presents a first plurality of selectable items;
• receiving a user-initiated indication at the selection control;
• based upon the received user-initiated indication, identifying a second plurality of selectable items;
• transitioning contents of the dynamic region from the first plurality of selectable items to the identified second plurality of selectable items;
• displaying a nested tree view of a second plurality of selectable items within the dynamic region encompassed by the non-computer-resizable predefined area of the program launch menu;
• and
• launching an application program corresponding to a user-selected launchable item from the second plurality of selectable items displayed in the dynamic region encompassed by the non-computer-resizable predefined area.

One or more computer storage media for storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, perform operations comprising:

• displaying on a computer display device a program launch menu, the program launch menu including a first region for presenting pinned items and a second region for presenting a first plurality of selectable items, wherein the pinned items remain in the first region regardless of changes to the items displayed in the first plurality of selectable items;
• presenting a view control on the program launch menu;
• and
• in response to selection of the view control, displaying a second plurality of selectable items that occupy a same region as the first and the second regions within the program launch menu previously occupied, wherein the second plurality of selectable items refer to executable application programs.