Kill New Program Highlighting In Any Start Menu

If you’re a frequent tester or tinkerer, you know that Windows likes to “highlight” your newest installed apps and program folders in the Start Menu, and doesn’t turn it off until you take notice. Stop that with a little-known setting.

If you never thought to look in your Start Menu settings, there’s a simple toggle, located in slightly different places in XP and Vista/7, that turns off the highlighting of newly-installed programs that can be rather irritating. Both toggles are found under the “Customize” menu tucked into a button in your Start menu’s properties, which can be accessed by a right-click. For a more direct roadmap to program-highlight freedom, check the full post at the How-To Geek’s home away from Lifehacker.

Quick Tip: Disable Highlighting New Programs in Windows 7, Vista, and XP [the How-To Geek]