Start Menu Problems

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James L. Williams

Hello,

I have posted this once but have not had any response, I hope it is just
because of how I phrased the Subject line of this message.

I have another issue however I am not sure where to post it. On the
start menu, you have default applications and files, however every time I
click "Remove From this List" on the default programs and files, they come
back after I log off then back onto the user account. Why won't they stay
removed? I.E. I want to
remove AOL and Windows Media Player from the main Start Menu. So I click
"Remove From this List" and it goes away, but after I log off and then back
on again,
they come back. I can't get rid of them. What is the problem here? It
does this on every user profile on three new computers with Vista Business.
Even the ones that have adminstrator privileges.

Regards,


James Williams
 
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Ronnie Vernon MVP

James

Right click the Start Button and select Properties/Start Menu tab. In the
Privacy section, remove the check mark from the "Store and display a list of
recently opened programs" option. Click Apply/OK. This should clear that
list. You can then go back and reset this option to enabled.
 
J

James L. Williams

Ok, this works when I deselect, but then when I put check mark from "Store
and display a list of recently opened programs" option and then log off, the
same original programs pop back into the start menu. I can't get rid of
then at all.

The programs that are there are:
Welcome Center
Backup Status and Configuration
Small Business Resources
Windows Fax and Scan
Windows Meeting Space
Windows Photo Gallary

Every time I righ click on these and click "Remove from this List". Then
log off of the computer and back on again, they come back. It does this on
all of the user accounts even the adminstrator privileged ones.

How can I remove these and still retain most recent programs in the list?
Where is Microsoft's help responses? Do they even care?

Oh, and did I mention that this happens on all three new computers that I
bought with Windows Vista Business. I almost regret getting Vista.

Regards,


James
 
G

Guest

In the registry editor, in the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

In the right-pane, there should be a DWORD value named StartMenuInit.

Double-click StartMenuInit and set its data to 3.
 
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Ramesh, MS-MVP

Hi James,

See:

Start Menu pops up at every logon, and the Most Frequently Used programs list is reset everytime:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/21/1/

For Windows Vista, set the StartMenuInit value data as 3.

See also: Post "Start Menu keeps resetting upon restart" in vista.general.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello,

I have posted this once but have not had any response, I hope it is just
because of how I phrased the Subject line of this message.

I have another issue however I am not sure where to post it. On the
start menu, you have default applications and files, however every time I
click "Remove From this List" on the default programs and files, they come
back after I log off then back onto the user account. Why won't they stay
removed? I.E. I want to
remove AOL and Windows Media Player from the main Start Menu. So I click
"Remove From this List" and it goes away, but after I log off and then back
on again,
they come back. I can't get rid of them. What is the problem here? It
does this on every user profile on three new computers with Vista Business.
Even the ones that have adminstrator privileges.

Regards,


James Williams
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Frequently Used Programs list is reset to defaults during every logon in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/163/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi James,

See:

Start Menu pops up at every logon, and the Most Frequently Used programs list is reset everytime:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/21/1/

For Windows Vista, set the StartMenuInit value data as 3.

See also: Post "Start Menu keeps resetting upon restart" in vista.general.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello,

I have posted this once but have not had any response, I hope it is just
because of how I phrased the Subject line of this message.

I have another issue however I am not sure where to post it. On the
start menu, you have default applications and files, however every time I
click "Remove From this List" on the default programs and files, they come
back after I log off then back onto the user account. Why won't they stay
removed? I.E. I want to
remove AOL and Windows Media Player from the main Start Menu. So I click
"Remove From this List" and it goes away, but after I log off and then back
on again,
they come back. I can't get rid of them. What is the problem here? It
does this on every user profile on three new computers with Vista Business.
Even the ones that have adminstrator privileges.

Regards,


James Williams
 
J

James L. Williams

Thank you, that did it.

How can I set this so that it gets set correctly for every user who logs on,
without them having to make this registry change on their own?

Regards,


James


Frequently Used Programs list is reset to defaults during every logon in
Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/163/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi James,

See:

Start Menu pops up at every logon, and the Most Frequently Used programs
list is reset everytime:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/21/1/

For Windows Vista, set the StartMenuInit value data as 3.

See also: Post "Start Menu keeps resetting upon restart" in vista.general.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello,

I have posted this once but have not had any response, I hope it is just
because of how I phrased the Subject line of this message.

I have another issue however I am not sure where to post it. On the
start menu, you have default applications and files, however every time I
click "Remove From this List" on the default programs and files, they come
back after I log off then back onto the user account. Why won't they stay
removed? I.E. I want to
remove AOL and Windows Media Player from the main Start Menu. So I click
"Remove From this List" and it goes away, but after I log off and then back
on again,
they come back. I can't get rid of them. What is the problem here? It
does this on every user profile on three new computers with Vista Business.
Even the ones that have adminstrator privileges.

Regards,


James Williams
 

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