JSI Tip 5944. How do I configure the 'Highlight newly installed programs' option via the Windows XP registry?

Jerold Schulman

November 10, 2002

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When you Customize the Windows XP Start menu, you can check or uncheck Highlight newly installed programs option on the Advanced tab.

To check this via the registry:

1. Copy /Paste the following to a NotifyNewApps.reg file:

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced]
"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000001

2. Merge the NotifyNewApps.reg file with the user's registry or run regedit /s NotifyNewApps.reg.

3. The user must log off and log on for this setting to take effect.

To uncheck this via the registry:

1. Copy /Paste the following to a NotifyNewApps.reg file:

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced]
"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000

2. Merge the NotifyNewApps.reg file with the user's registry or run regedit /s NotifyNewApps.reg.

3. The user must log off and log on for this setting to take effect.



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