Start menu - most recently used now not working?

[Retrovertigo]

Hi there

I am new here and have done a quick search for this issue and couldn't find anything, so apologies if missed it.

Anyway, after running spybot, my most frequently used programs have stopped showing up on the start menu.

I googled how MRU actually works and noted it has a registry key called noinstrumentation, which should be set to 1. However, that key is now missing, I assume spybot deleted it.

How do I get it back, and what on earth is is listed as in spybot so that I can get it to ignore that on the next scan that I do? Thanks.

Using windows xp, service pack 3 by the way.

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

Then you probably did delete Cookies and Usage Tracks after the scan.
If you do not want to scan for them anymore you can exclude them from future scans.
Take a look here.

Please disable 'tracks.sbi' , 'tracks.uti' and 'cookies.sbi'.

If you want to restore previously removed files for whatever reason you can do this via the Quarantine module. Quarantine can be either launched via the Start Center or can also be found in SDTray’s program list.
Just right click on the Spybot – Search & Destroy icon in your traybar beside the Windows clock and navigate to “Basic Tools“ → “Quarantine“. Once “Quarantine“ has been started feel free to select the product you want to restore and hit “Restore selected“.
If you want to get rid of fixed entries permanently just hit the purge selected button.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[Retrovertigo]

Thanks very much - that did the trick

[daveybuntu]

Thanks very much - that did the trick

Hi,

What item did you restore to get the frequently used programs back again?

[ldodson]

A few days ago I was prompted to install a "new" version of Spybot. After running the new version, I had the same problem as described in this thread by Retrovertigo. That is, my list of recently used programs completely disappeared and is not restarted when programs are subsequently used. However, I don’t understand the response.

How do I “Please disable 'tracks.sbi' , 'tracks.uti' and 'cookies.sbi'”, and what does each of these do? I am also on XP.

Also, after running the new Spybot, the tones I heard when I clicked on my name to start and when the screen opened are now silent. How do I restore them?

Thank you for your help.

[Zenobia]

This is a general description of usage tracks:
http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/usage-tracks/

To get Spybot to stop scanning for tracks,open the Spybot start center,checkmark advanced mode,click Settings(saying yes to the uac prompt,if applicable.),open the categories tab,and somewhere in the Spybot window,rightclick and select Spyware Scan only.

Adding the tones wasn't carried over to the newer Spybot,so you can't restore them.