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Unable to restore Start Menu MFU after infection

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Posted 03 December 2011 - 08:12 AM

Hi, I successfully removed "System Fix" from a computer running Vista (32bit). I was also able to restore the start menu successfully by running unhide.exe.

Unfortunately the start menu area that displays most recently used programs is still blank. So far I have tried.
1) Disabling and Enabling the display options.
2) Searching the registry for "NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList"

I thought about trying system restore, but the computer had multiple infections so I'm not sure what would be a safe date, I don't really trust system restore, and I already uninstalled the old security software and installed my own favorite programs and I don't want to undo this work.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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Posted 03 December 2011 - 05:03 PM

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Unfortunately the start menu area that displays most recently used programs is still blank.

It should repopulate over time.
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Right click on Start button, click "Properties", make sure BOTH items in "Privacy" section are checkmarked.
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