Frequently used programs list

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Paul in Toronto

What registry entry/entries controls whether or not the list is active? The
space for the icons is available, it's set to display 12 icons, small
size... but there's nothing there. The only program that makes system
changes that I've run recently is bootvis, which may or may not have had an
effect.

Any thoughts?
 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
Value Name: NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
1 is enabled, no MFU list
0 is disabled, yes MFU list

Read this...

Start Menu Most Frequently Used programs (MFU) list is empty
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/startmfu.htm

If you have TweakUI, you need to check all three of the following...

Using TweakUI
[+] Explorer

Allow Recent Documents on Start menu
[[This check box enables the display of “Documents” on the classic start
menu and enables the “List my most recently opened documents” checkbox on
the Start menu customization dialog.]]

Clear document history on exit
[[This check box will control whether Explorer will clear the recent
documents history, run dialog history and typed-URL history when
you log off]]

Maintain document history
[[This enables the tracking of recently opened documents on the Start menu
and on the file menu of many applications. (Note that some applications do
not respect this setting). ]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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