Rasmus Haslund

Virtualize everything!

Making Windows Start Menu Most Recently Used Programs List persistant on non-persistant desktop with RES

by 2 Comments

Today I had a customer requesting that their users maintain their most recently used programs list in the Windows Start Menu.

Research showed we need to save the following folders:

  • %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
  • %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\Start Menu

…and the following registry settings:

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage2

Here is a quick screenshot of how these settings can be saved using RES Workspace Manager which is available for FREE!

RES Workspace Manager

You can use the Express edition of Workspace Manager for FREE for an unlimited number of users.

Download link

Subscribe
Notify of
2 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Justin Mirsky
12 years ago

Neat. This reminds me a lot of the first iteration of the Citrix profile management that was released around the Presentation Server 4.5 days.

0
Jibon
12 years ago

I read a great number of blogs and i serlousiy appreciate your content material. The write-up has definitely peaked my interest. I am going to bookmark your web-site and keep checking for new specifics.

0