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More info?)
Creating the reg value is not required. BTW, have you checked under both
HKCU and HKLM?
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Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx
"movieplace" <movieplace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F832F85A-E46E-451D-B453-6A091D3A073B@microsoft.com...
> Thank you for your response, unfortunately my REGISTRY did not contain any
> reference to these policies. I red the entire article and nothing seemed
> to
> match.
>
> I have added these two, but since both are to be disabled they may have no
> effect, but I'm rebooting now to see anyway.
>
> Thank you again
>
> Phil
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> Disable the two policies namely NoInstrumentation and
>> NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList. See MS article Q292504 for more information -
>> 292504 - Policy Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP
>>
>> Start Menu Most Frequently Used programs (MFU) list is empty:
>>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/startmfu.htm
>>
>> Additional Note: Personalized Favorites feature in Internet Explorer
>> does not work if NoInstrumentation Policy is turned ON.
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Windows XP Troubleshooting
>>
http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>> Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx
>>
>>
>> "movieplace" <movieplace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A2B01212-E174-4444-B4E4-2756F5E29DAB@microsoft.com...
>> > The recently used programs section of the start menu has gone missing.
>> > I
>> > can
>> > only view the quick start programs at the top or the "Programs menu" at
>> > the
>> > bottom. I've checked to make sure the "number of programs on start
>> > menu"
>> > is
>> > set to more than 1.
>> >
>> > Please, any help is appericiated.
>>
>>