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11-16-2007
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| Guest | Bundled Start Menu Recent Programs 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? |
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11-16-2007
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| Guest | Re: Bundled Start Menu Recent Programs Right click the Taskbar > click Properties > Customize > under 'Programs' > click 'Clear List' > OK > OK. -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "Eric D. Braden" <bradenericd@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:55d99135-c56a-40c5-a1d3-16a93f4a39a3@xxxxxx 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? |
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11-17-2007
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| Guest | Re: Bundled Start Menu Recent Programs "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 |
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12-06-2007
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| Guest | Re: Bundled Start Menu Recent Programs On Nov 17, 10:12 am, <h...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > "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). Quote: > > 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 this, but can you explain what that does? (no need to get crazy specific, but I like to know generally what I'm doing. Like, why 3? What does that value represent, as opposed to others?) |
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