Solved: Unwanted Start Menu Items

Is there any way I can prevent items adding themselves to my start menu? What happens is that, having arranged to show exactly what programs I want in that, if I click on a desktop icon to open some other program, it automatically attaches itself to the start menu - something I do not want to happen. Any advice would be appreciated.

SYSTEM INFO:-

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 925 Processor, AMD64 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2
Processor Count: 4
RAM: 4095 Mb
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 5450, 1024 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 476837 MB, Free - 419816 MB; E: Total - 953867 MB, Free - 769026 MB;
Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC., M2N68-AM SE2
Antivirus: Norton Internet Security, Updated and Enabled

 

Right-click on the Start button then Properties, it should open to the Start Menu tab.

Click Customize, on the bottom where it says "Number of recent programs to display:" set that to zero.

 

Many thanks for your advice - worked perfectly!! Best regards. (Marking "Solved").

 

Good advice - that's been annoying me for a while and I just had to delete the new ones constantly.

+1

 

You're welcome to both of you.

Killed two birds with one stone.