How to Not display selected programs on the Quick start list
Windows displays a list of the most frequently used applications on the Start menu. However, you always start some applications using a link on the desktop or from the quick start list. Therefore, your symbols replace other useful programs in the start menu.
Using a Registry entry, decide which application should not appear in the Start menu. Under Vista, log in as administrator and open ‘Start| All Programs| Accessories| Run. Enter ‘regedit.exe’. press [Enter], and start the Registry Editor. Click ‘Continue’ if asked by the User Account Control {UAC}. Under XP on, click ‘Start|Run’. Type ‘regidit’, and press [Enter] to open the Registry Editor. No security query is asked. In the tree structure of the editor, browse to the ‘HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications’ key on the left pane. Here, select the sub-keys for the applications that you do not want to appear on the start list. Finally, right – click anywhere on the right pane of the Registry Editor and select ‘New|Strong value’. Overwrite the name suggested by Windows with ‘NoStartPage’. You do not need to assign any value to the character string – its existence alone has the desired effect. After you restart Windows, the program will not appear in the list. If you later want to consider the program as one of the most frequently used applications, deleted the ‘NoStartPage’ string.
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