Here is a post from "Keith Miller" :
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Yes. When you modify the 'pinned' area of the start menu, 3 values
under the key:
'HKEY_LOCAL_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage'
are modified. The value names and types are:
Favorites REG_BINARY
FavoritesChanges REG_DWORD
FavoritesResolve REG_BINARY
If you double click on Favorites or FavoritesResolve you'll be able
to see bits of text that refer to your items. The fact that they
are stored in binary streams is why a text search of the registry
didn't turn up anything. I don't know the exact structure of these
values so I backed up the whole key (just to be safe), deleted these
3 values, rebooted, and every pinned item except IE & OE were gone. I
was then able to pin a new item, checked the registry, and found
that new values had been created with no ill effect. The only
drawback is you will have to repin the shortcuts you want, but that
seems a small price to pay to be rid of the annoyance of dead links
staring at you

FYI, I was able to determine that these were the
values affected by
using Regmon, freeware from:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/regmon.shtml
It's a really nifty utility that allows you to monitor all registry
activity. If you like to know how windows works, check it out.
Keith
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Replied to [Hymer]'s message :
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I unchecked the Internet Box but it still won't let me remove it.
Any other ideas?
Bob
"Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
Right click it and choose Unpin.
If that doesn't work then
Go to Start Menu Properties,
Click Customize
Uncheck the Internet box
The problem is that I installed Firefox 2.0 in the same directory
as
the older version. Add/Remove only shows the new version now. I
may have to uninstall 2.0 in order to remove everything and then
reinstall.
I wish there was a file or registry spot where it could be removed
but I can't find it.
Bob