Start Menu highlight driving me NUTS!!!

I just installed a new mobo, clean install Win 7, and everything is running
fine except the Start Menu is arbitrarily highlighting. I've tried the easy
way (Start MenuCustomize)), tweaks, hacks, begging and pleading, and it
keeps coming back. There's no logic to it--it's highlighting Paint, Windows
Explorer, Notepad, etc. etc. Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I can
turn this OFF permanently?

Thip wrote:

I just installed a new mobo, clean install Win 7, and everything is
running fine except the Start Menu is arbitrarily highlighting. I've
tried the easy way (Start MenuCustomize)), tweaks, hacks, begging
and pleading, and it keeps coming back. There's no logic to it--it's
highlighting Paint, Windows Explorer, Notepad, etc. etc. Does anyone
have a suggestion as to how I can turn this OFF permanently?

Right-click on Start orb, select Properties, Start Menu tab, Customize
button

Is the "Highlight newly installed programs" option enabled? Since you
just did a fresh install of Win7, maybe even Paint and Notepad are
considered newly installed programs.

"Thip" wrote in message
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I just installed a new mobo, clean install Win 7, and everything is
running fine except the Start Menu is arbitrarily highlighting. I've
tried the easy way (Start MenuCustomize)), tweaks, hacks, begging and
pleading, and it keeps coming back. There's no logic to it--it's
highlighting Paint, Windows Explorer, Notepad, etc. etc. Does anyone have
a suggestion as to how I can turn this OFF permanently?

Well, go figure. Opened "All Users," deleted a new program via the Start
Menu, rebooted, and it's gone. That should not have worked.