Recently Used Programs

No, this isn't the same question again.

When I first started my new computer (a Gateway laptop running Vista Home
Premium), it showed a handful of programs that I had never used. When I use
a program for a while, it shows up at the bottom of the list. I can clear
the list, but when I start the computer the next time, the list reverts back
to the factory default.

How can I erase "Gateway's Recently Used Programs" so that I will show mine,
and actually be useful?

"San Diego Tim" <San Diego > wrote in message
news:065D9E80-2424-468F-B171-...
> No, this isn't the same question again.
>
> When I first started my new computer (a Gateway laptop running Vista Home
> Premium), it showed a handful of programs that I had never used. When I
> use
> a program for a while, it shows up at the bottom of the list. I can clear
> the list, but when I start the computer the next time, the list reverts
> back
> to the factory default.
>
> How can I erase "Gateway's Recently Used Programs" so that I will show
> mine,
> and actually be useful?

It might be a security program blocking the Registry change it needs to
make. A few, but not all, of the programs now doing this are:
Ad-aware's Ad-Watch
IBM Access Connections
McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware
Norton AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks
Spybot- Teatimer
Spysweeper
Spyware Doctor
Windows Defender
Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 or Norton 2007 it actually has to be
uninstalled. Make sure the Windows Firewall is turned on until you
reinstall Zone Alarm.

Boot into Safe Mode with Networking and try the change.

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
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Frequently Used Programs list is reset to defaults during every logon in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"San Diego Tim" <San Diego > wrote in message news:065D9E80-2424-468F-B171-...
No, this isn't the same question again.

When I first started my new computer (a Gateway laptop running Vista Home
Premium), it showed a handful of programs that I had never used. When I use
a program for a while, it shows up at the bottom of the list. I can clear
the list, but when I start the computer the next time, the list reverts back
to the factory default.

How can I erase "Gateway's Recently Used Programs" so that I will show mine,
and actually be useful?