If I <right-click> on the task bar, click on "Properties," and select the "Start Menu" tab, the "Store and display a list of recently opened programs" box is unchecked. If I check it and click OK, the setting doesn't "stick". When I return to the Start Menu tab, the box is unchecked.
If I click on "Customize" on the "Start Menu" tab, the "Start menu size" control is greyed out.
Now, if this gives you a hint of where to look for a solution:
Just before this Start Menu madness started, I went to Control Panel > Programs and Features > "Turn Windows features on or off" and added a check-mark in front of Games, which had not been previously installed.
After that, I went to "Customize" on the "Start Menu" tab to select "display as a link" for Games.
Poof! My list of recently opened programs disappeared, and from that point on, I've been unable to re-enable it.
Any solutions, ideas, hints on how to proceed to re-enable the list of recently opened programs on the Start menu?
If I click on "Customize" on the "Start Menu" tab, the "Start menu size" control is greyed out.
Now, if this gives you a hint of where to look for a solution:
Just before this Start Menu madness started, I went to Control Panel > Programs and Features > "Turn Windows features on or off" and added a check-mark in front of Games, which had not been previously installed.
After that, I went to "Customize" on the "Start Menu" tab to select "display as a link" for Games.
Poof! My list of recently opened programs disappeared, and from that point on, I've been unable to re-enable it.
Any solutions, ideas, hints on how to proceed to re-enable the list of recently opened programs on the Start menu?