Re: Start Menu MRU changes not saving

Hi Craig,

The behavior you are describing is for first time booters (Start Menu).
However, what is different and preset within laptops is the equivalent to
X-Mouse. Check those settings.

Question: Why would you remove OE and IE from the top part of the Start
Menu, yet try to pin them?

Comment, get rid of Tour Windows, that can be the cause of the Start Menu
pop-up.

Note: Never run XP under the System Admin account, that is a reserve for
emergencies. Create another user with Admin privileges and take it from
there.

How to:

How to Copy or Remove a User Profile
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm#usercopy

HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q305709

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com


"Craig Hulett" <First.Last@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OIjKXvNOFHA.3296@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I've got a very strange problem with a laptop running XP Pro with SP2.
> First
> thing that bugs me is the 'Start' menu is *always* popped up when I boot
> it
> up, just as if I've already clicked on the 'Start' button. That I've been
> living with, but the problem that brings me here is my inability to have
> any
> customizations to the 'MRU' (left hand) side of the menu survive a
> shutdown.
>
> I can uncheck the standard 'Show on Start menu' Internet and E-mail
> options,
> I can then 'pin' to the start menu newly run programs and see all of the
> 'normal' behaviour I expect from the menu - while I'm logged on. My MRU
> list gets updated and all is fine until I shutdown and restart, at which
> point - when the darn menu pops up again - my LHS of the menu is back to
> some sort of default config:
>
> Pinned: Internet Explorer and Outlook Express
> MRU: Windows Media Player, Tour Windows XP, Windows Movie Maker, File and
> Settings Transfer Wizard
>
> Every time I turn it on, this is where I start from. Can anyone tell me
> what in the heck is going on? A couple of more points - I am logging on as
> the Administrator and this isn't a new behaviour that's just started, the
> laptop has always exhibited this behaviour. Thanks.
>
> -craig
>
>


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