How to add/delete programs from my start menu (Windows XP)?

option 1. when you intall a program, most of them give you options to 'place an icon in the start menu', or a' shortcut'. from now on, untick the 'start menu' box. only install a 'shortcut'. option 2. go to start. right click and select 'properties'. click the 'raskbar' tab. select 'customise'. you will see a list of program manes and behaviours. on behaviours you can select to hide the icons you do not want. option 3. launch the application with the task bar icon you want removed. if you go to the programs menu options, ie 'file, tools, view, help' you should find a 'preferences' or 'options' panel under one of them. go through that applications preferences and you might find options such as 'add quicklauch task bar' or something similar and untick that box. when you relauch the appliaction next time, it should be gone. -hope that helps - dave

If you have allready deleted the programe, and it's still in the start menu just right click and delete, If you want to make sure the programe itself is deleted do a search if it shows up delete each one.

move your mouse over them to highlight them...then right click them...a pop up menu should appear and then click delete...this will remove it from the startup but not the computer

put your mouse cursor over start button and instead of clicking on left mouse button click on right mouse button, a menu will pop up, then click on 'OPEN' and it will open Start Menu folder..from there you can remove start menu shortcuts or you can do the same but click on start button and put your mouse over icon that you want to delete then click on right button a menu will popup and you just select "Remove from this list"

Start>right click on the program you want to remove> click on "Remove From This List." Voila!

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