when i go to my start menu all the icons above the line are still there, but the ones that used to be below have disappeared. Is there any way to get it back to normal?

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what do you mean exactly by above and below the line?
were you referring to the line just above of the Programs menu?

On Saturday, July 1, 2006 at 5:19 pm, Jeremiah wrote:
>when i go to my start menu all the icons above the line are still there, but the
>ones that used to be below have disappeared. Is there any way to get it back to normal?

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the icons that used to be right above the all programs line, but now there is a big empty space above it, then above the space there is the other line with icons that still remain at the top and havent disappeared.

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im guessing you're referring to the Frequently Modified files section of the Enhanced Start Menu..
the list may have been inadvertently cleared during your session, or auto cleared after every reboot, or even disabled to further record any frequently accessed files..

its a normal windows function which you may have accidentally clicked.. it's found on the Taskbar and Start Menu properties where you have to option to erase the Frequently Modified list, or even set how many will be listed at a time.. setting its value to 0 disables the list..

On Sunday, July 2, 2006 at 7:50 pm, Jeremiah wrote:
>the icons that used to be right above the all programs line, but now there is a big
>empty space above it, then above the space there is the other line with icons that
>still remain at the top and havent disappeared.

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My number for programs to be allowed on the start menu is 10. But there are no programs at the start menu, there is only a big space.

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somehow, Windows' ability to save a list of frequently used programs has been disabled from your PC..
a change in the Windows Registry from a computer policy program may have caused it..

anyway, you can revert it back to its default setting by following a few simple steps:

• highlight and copy red bold text below to Notepad..

  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
  "NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList"=dword:00000000

• open Save As from File menu
• select All Files from Save As Type drop-down menu
• save file with a .reg extension, as in newfile.reg
• locate and right-click newly-created file then select Merge
• when prompted, click Yes
• logoff and log in back to Windows to effect change

On Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at 1:46 pm, Jeremiah wrote:
>My number for programs to be allowed on the start menu is 10. But there are no programs
>at the start menu, there is only a big space.

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there is still a space, the icons havent reappeared

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icons would not reappear if the frequently modified files list was set to be erased everytime you exit or logoff Windows..

if this is the case, we may need to modify the registry tweak file we created previously to try remedying this..
follow again the steps i had provided before but the contents of the tweak file should be..

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList"=dword:00000000
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000000
"NoRecentDocsHistory"=dword:00000000
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000000
"MaxRecentDocs"=dword:0000000a

try it, and again this should solve the problem, only if a virus or worm is not blocking the change or if you did not install a system or registry protection software to ignore or block the changes..

On Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at 5:51 pm, Jeremiah wrote:
>there is still a space, the icons havent reappeared

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this didnt work either

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try opening a MS Word document using MS Office, or a music file using Windows Media Player.. once opened, the name of the program should be listed in there..

you may then notice that Windows is a bit selective in terms as to which program to display on the MFU list..
Windows Explorer i think even does not make it on the list..

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