Re: Start Menu MRU changes not saving

Craig,

1. I didn't say to pin it, I said to drag it.

2. Policy:Disable user tracking Description:Prevents the system from
remembering the programs run, paths followed, and documents used. Registry
Value:"NoInstrumentation"

Policy:Remove frequent programs list from the Start Menu
Description:Removes the frequently-used programs list from the Start menu.
Registry Value:"NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList"

Policy Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q292504

Frequently Used Programs Not Automatically Added to Start Menu
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q282/0/66.asp

Check your settings here: Start/Run/Regedit

Note: This setting only applies to the Windows XP Start Menu, not the
Classic Start Menu.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer

If you have this Value Name: NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList change the Value
Data to 0 or delete the Value Name.

Another option would be to check the number of programs to be listed: Right
click the Start button/Properties/Customize/Number of Programs...

The settings are also listed here: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\Advanced. In the right pane, check the Value Data under
Start_MinMFU.

>My new user loses all of the
>changes between boots just like the Administrator.

3. Save Settings on Exit (Line 54)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

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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:OJ5WBRaOFHA.576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Kelly wrote:
>>> Actually, I'm trying to pin something else to the top of the Start
>>> Menu, Word and Excel, and I don't need the normal Internet and Email
>>> options there
>>> on this laptop.
>>
>> Either right click Word/Excel, Send To/Create desktop shorcut (then
>> drag) or simply drag the one under all programs and drop it where IE
>> and OE would have been.
>>
>> To remove the Tour: Line 303 (right hand side):
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> I know how to pin/unpin things, just trying to illustrate one of the
> things
> I'm doing that goes away every time I boot. And technically your tweak
> doesn't remove the Tour, it disables it. I'd already done the 'RunCount'
> regedit thing to disable it by default and it hasn't helped my issue. I
> was
> hoping I could actually just delete the darn thing, ain't never going to
> need it.
>
>>> However, when I boot the laptop it
>>> automatically goes into the 'real' administrator logon without
>>> asking me which one to login as. If I then 'Logout', my only choice
>>> to log back in is
>>> the *new* Admin account! A two step process to get there. Oh, and it
>>> (the new account) exhibits the same pop-up-and-reset-the-start-menu
>>> behaviour as
>>> the real Administrator does. Doh!
>>
>> That is because when you added your new account and didn't select/use
>> the drop box to set the auto logon and it is being set to the System
>> Admin account.
>>
>> 1. Go to Start/Run and type in: control userpasswords2 and press ok.
>>
>> 2. On the Users tab, left click your user name then clear the Users
>> Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer check box
>> and then click OK.
>>
>> 3. In the Automatically Log On dialog box that appears, type the
>> "user name and password" for the account you want to be logged on
>> each time you start your computer.
>>
>> Added note: (Alex MVP)
>>
>> If you want to logon to one of the other users, hold down shift as the
>> system boots up.
>
> Thanks. I'll work through this the next chance I get on the laptop.
>
>> As for the pop-ups/tour via the new Account, it is doing as it should
>> by default for a new user. :o)
>
> No, that's not what I meant. I understand that the menu should "pop up" on
> the first boot and you get three prompts to "Take the Tour". I was saying
> that even the new user I created exhibited the same inability to save
> anything in the MRU side of the start menu. My new user loses all of the
> changes between boots just like the Administrator. And popped up the menu
> each logon. Over and over. It's like Groundhog Day or something - every
> day
> is the first day.
>
> Hope we can get this worked out. At some point I'm just going to reformat
> the hard drive and reinstall Windows... see if that helps!
>
>>
>> "Craig Hulett" <First.Last@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23gpnicROFHA.2348@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Thanks for the reply, Kelly. Let's see now...
>>>
>>> Kelly wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Make sense about the first time booters - and it even mentioned it
>>> in the darn Tour, now that I've bothered to go through bits of it.
>>> <g>. I know there is an X-Mouse PowerToy that emulates X-Windows
>>> behaviour of bringing focus to windows as the mouse passes over
>>> them, but I don't have that installed. Nor do I see any equivalent
>>> option in the touchpad settings... so
>>> I'm not sure where to check.
>>>
>>>> Question: Why would you remove OE and IE from the top part of the
>>>> Start Menu, yet try to pin them?
>>>
>>> Actually, I'm trying to pin something else to the top of the Start
>>> Menu, Word and Excel, and I don't need the normal Internet and Email
>>> options there
>>> on this laptop.
>>>
>>>> Comment, get rid of Tour Windows, that can be the cause of the Start
>>>> Menu pop-up.
>>>
>>> How? I can't find any official way to do so, not even amongst the
>>> 'Windows Components'. Do I just go somewhere and start deleting?
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Thanks. Didn't realise I was doing that. So, now more oddness - I
>>> create a new account and my only choice is one with Admin privs as
>>> it is the first account I've specifically added. Fine. However, when
>>> I boot the laptop it automatically goes into the 'real'
>>> administrator logon without asking me which one to login as. If I
>>> then 'Logout', my only choice to log back in is
>>> the *new* Admin account! A two step process to get there. Oh, and it
>>> (the new account) exhibits the same pop-up-and-reset-the-start-menu
>>> behaviour as
>>> the real Administrator does. Doh!
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
>>> Not quite sure what to do with all this information... perhaps a
>>> little more
>>> guidance? Thanks again.
>>>
>>> -craig
>>>
>>>> "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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