Windows XP Cannot delete some items pinned to Start Menu

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Michael Nowatney

I currently have four non-existent (deleted) items pinned to my Start menu in
Windows XP: a .txt file, two Word documents, and an Excel spreadsheet. Every
time I right click and select "Remove from This List", nothing happens. If I
click on them, I get "The item you have selected is unavailable ... do you
want to remove it?" and I select Yes and nothing happens. Frequently, when I
click on "Start", I get "Some items cannot be shown. There is not enough
room to show all the items you have added to the start menu..."

How do I get rid of these four items, but continue to display the pinned
items that I do want?
 
You probably have checked "Pin to Start Menu" checked on these
four items. Uncheck them and they should delete.
 
Michael Nowatney said:
I currently have four non-existent (deleted) items pinned to my Start menu in
Windows XP: a .txt file, two Word documents, and an Excel spreadsheet. Every
time I right click and select "Remove from This List", nothing happens. If I
click on them, I get "The item you have selected is unavailable ... do you
want to remove it?" and I select Yes and nothing happens. Frequently, when I
click on "Start", I get "Some items cannot be shown. There is not enough
room to show all the items you have added to the start menu..."

How do I get rid of these four items, but continue to display the pinned
items that I do want?
Click to expand...


You can clear the history of the start menu list or Unpin them by right
click and make sure the Pin to start menu is not active.
HTH.
nass
 
Thank you for your post. However, Every time I right click and select
"Remove from This List", nothing happens.
 
Thank you for your post. However, Every time I right click and select
"Remove from This List", nothing happens.
 
Hi Michael,
I meant right click the start button and select properties >> Start Menu TabBut Glad Jean did give you a registry Option and it helped.
Good luck.
 
Re the recommendation from Jean-François (below) could someone please tell me what exactly "Suppress Favorites Value" means? Should I delete the entry, change the Value, etc.? Thank you.


HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage
Suppress Favorites value
Restart
 
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