Guest Joe Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 I'm at a loss for words as I don't know the name of the area that I want to refer to. I am using XP Pro and now my computer has developed the habit of putting every program I open in the list above the ' All Programs ' ( that the area I was referring to) I'm sure there is some tweak to control this but I don't know where to find it. The list gets long and then I keep getting the message that there is not enough room. The icon size is set to small and the number of allowed programs is set at 10. Any thoughts please? -- Regards Joe Tasmania
Guest Elmo Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Programs entering List Joe wrote: > I'm at a loss for words as I don't know the name of the area that I want to > refer to. > > I am using XP Pro and now my computer has developed the habit of putting > every program I open in the list above the ' All Programs ' ( that the area > I was referring to) I'm sure there is some tweak to control this but I don't > know where to find it. > > The list gets long and then I keep getting the message that there is not > enough room. The icon size is set to small and the number of allowed > programs is set at 10. > > Any thoughts please? Thought: Right-click the Start button, click Properties, Customize button, Advanced tab, deselect "List my most recently opened documents" at the bottom of the pane. -- Joe =o)
Guest Joe Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Programs entering List Thanks for the reply Elmo, but that doesn't work. The area I refer to is immediately above ' All Programs ' and is in the lower section if this clarifies it at all. -- Regards Joe Tasmania "Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message news:%23K3U2zN2HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Joe wrote: >> I'm at a loss for words as I don't know the name of the area that I want >> to refer to. >> >> I am using XP Pro and now my computer has developed the habit of putting >> every program I open in the list above the ' All Programs ' ( that the >> area I was referring to) I'm sure there is some tweak to control this but >> I don't know where to find it. >> >> The list gets long and then I keep getting the message that there is not >> enough room. The icon size is set to small and the number of allowed >> programs is set at 10. >> >> Any thoughts please? > > Thought: > > Right-click the Start button, click Properties, Customize button, Advanced > tab, deselect "List my most recently opened documents" at the bottom of > the pane. > > -- > Joe =o)
Guest Elmo Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Programs entering List Joe wrote: > Thanks for the reply Elmo, but that doesn't work. > > The area I refer to is immediately above ' All Programs ' and is in the > lower section if this clarifies it at all. Right-click the Start button, click Properties, Customize button, General tab, the "Programs" section contains shortcuts to the programs you use most often.". Click the "Clear" button, or lower the count of recent programs. I hope this is what you're referring to. It appears to be where you set the Max programs to 10. -- Joe =o)
Guest Joe Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Programs entering List Thanks Elmo, I'll try that and see how it goes. -- Regards Joe Tasmania "Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message news:%23OuaC0U2HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Joe wrote: >> Thanks for the reply Elmo, but that doesn't work. >> >> The area I refer to is immediately above ' All Programs ' and is in the >> lower section if this clarifies it at all. > > Right-click the Start button, click Properties, Customize button, General > tab, the "Programs" section contains shortcuts to the programs you use > most often.". Click the "Clear" button, or lower the count of recent > programs. > > I hope this is what you're referring to. It appears to be where you set > the Max programs to 10. > > -- > Joe =o)
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