One of the features I thought was a great idea when I first started to use Windows XP was the
program highlight feature. This feature will automatically highlight any new programs that you
install so that you can easily find them on the Start Menu the first few times that you want to
run the application. After I started to use XP for a few months, I noticed that this feature did
not always work correctly. Some programs that I install never get highlighted, although others
seem to be highlighted for weeks after I have installed them.
After a while, I decided that I had enough of this highlighting, so I decided to turn the feature
off. Thankfully, Microsoft has made turning off this feature fairly simple. Just follow these steps
to get rid of those annoying highlights:
1. Right-click the Start button and select Properties.
2. Click the top Customize button for the Start panel.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Uncheck Highlight Newly Installed Programs, as shown in Figure 2-10.
5. Click OK to save your changes.
6. Click OK once more to close the Properties window.
Now you will not have to worry about the programs that sometimes seem to be highlighted
randomly.
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program highlight feature. This feature will automatically highlight any new programs that you
install so that you can easily find them on the Start Menu the first few times that you want to
run the application. After I started to use XP for a few months, I noticed that this feature did
not always work correctly. Some programs that I install never get highlighted, although others
seem to be highlighted for weeks after I have installed them.
After a while, I decided that I had enough of this highlighting, so I decided to turn the feature
off. Thankfully, Microsoft has made turning off this feature fairly simple. Just follow these steps
to get rid of those annoying highlights:
1. Right-click the Start button and select Properties.
2. Click the top Customize button for the Start panel.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Uncheck Highlight Newly Installed Programs, as shown in Figure 2-10.
5. Click OK to save your changes.
6. Click OK once more to close the Properties window.
Now you will not have to worry about the programs that sometimes seem to be highlighted
randomly.
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