"Eric D. Braden" asked...
Quote:
>I bought a machine a couple months ago that came with Vista
> installed. My question is, I think, a simple one, but I'm baffled by
> it. Basically, the manufacturer of the machine put in a list of
> default "Recent Programs" that come up on the Start Menu. If I remove
> them all, they stay gone, but they come back when I reset my PC and
> bump all my actual recent programs off the list. It includes things
> I've unistalled (like the ISP ads that came with the PC).
>
> Anyone know how I can just get those to go away?
Only try this if you are comfortable working with the registry!
Regedit.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Explorer \ Advanced
In the right-pane, create a new DWORD value named StartMenuInit
Double-click StartMenuInit and set 3 its dat