Customize your Start menu
There is a section of the Windows XP Start menu that lists the programs that you have recently opened. Not all programs are listed, just those that Windows decides to put there. How Windows decides what to list and what length of time it leaves them there is not always clear. By default, up to six programs can be listed here but this number can be changed. I don’t know about you but I am not interested in having this list and there is a way to turn it off. Many of the properties of the Start menu can be configured by right-clicking the Start button and choosing “Properties” from the context menu. Next, click the “Customize” button. This will open the dialog box shown in the figure below. Choosing “0†(zero) will prevent any programs from being listed. The current list can be cleared by using the button “Clear listâ€Â. Individual entries can be removed by right-clicking them and choosing “Remove from this list†in their context menu. More on configuring the Start menu is at http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/startmenu.htm
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