Removing a Program from Windows 7's Start Menu forever?

I'm gonna remove YM! icon from Windows 7's Start Menu for good, I mean I wanna remove it even I use it.

I've been using Right Click >> Remove From This List but It comes back after using once! How can I remove the program from above list forever?

Answer

Windows 7 maintains a list of recently used applications. As soon as you begin to use other programs more often, it will no longer appear in the list.

To remove it forever, simply locate the Start Menu entry and remove it from the list. (You can easily reach your user-specific list by right-clicking on "All programs" and choosing "Open", or "Open All Users" for the system-wide Start Menu.

As far as I know, you cannot specifically exclude one application. You can, however, disable displaying recently used programs on the Start Menu. To do this:

1. Click Start


2. Right-click on All Programs and select Properties


3. Under the tab Start Menu, uncheck the first option in Privacy (and optionally the second option as well)