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  1. Sep 17th, 2002, 06:05 AM #1
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    Angry XP start menu, frequently-used items RESOLVED

    My applications written in VB6 do not seem to appear in the XP Start menu for recently/frequently-used programs.

    Is this supposed to happen automatically, or is this functionality I need to write-in to the app? As usual there is no MS documentation (or at least I could not find any).
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  2. Sep 17th, 2002, 06:18 AM #2
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    Smile Resolved!

    Found it!

    My app is called Help Desk. Microsoft apparently decided anything with Help in the name should not go in the frequently-used menu.

    More info here.

    http://support.microsoft.com/default...EN-US;q282066&

    List of blocked names is in the registry, so the install program or app can edit it. (Seems you need to reboot after editing it for it to take effect.)
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  3. Sep 17th, 2002, 06:31 AM #3
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    just be careful if this is a distributed app.. because people don't tend to like when you mess with their registry on them..
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