Uninstalling Pinned to XP Start Menu

[IceCork]

Could someone please tell me how to uninstall/remove a NSIS installed program that has been "pinned" to the XP start menu. I've tried with no success.

[Yathosho]

try $STARTMENU

more about it in the documentation

[rainwater]

Originally posted by killahbite
try $STARTMENU

more about it in the documentation

I believe he is talking about the XP only feature that pins applications to the main Start Menu. Using $STARTMENU will not help. I assume this must be stored in the registry somewhere.

[Yathosho]

only menu i know that's special for xp is the internet menu

in the registry its at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet

hope this helps

[IceCork]

I'think I've found the reg keys that affect pinning/unpinning programs to the XP Start menu.I ran Regshot (http://regshot.yeah.net/) before and after pinning a program and came up with the below differences.I still don't know exactly how it works though or how to implement it into a script. Does anybody have any ideas ?

Pinned

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-1993962763-1060284298-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage]
"Favorites"=hex:17,9a,00,00,00,46,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,32,2d,17,38,10,00,53,54,\
55,44,49,4f,7e,31,00,00,2e,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,32,2d,17,38,32,2d,18,38,14,\
00,00,00,53,00,74,00,75,00,64,00,69,00,6f,00,20,00,50,00,43,00,54,00,56,00,\
00,00,18,00,52,00,32,00,1c,03,00,00,32,2d,17,38,20,00,50,43,54,56,56,49,7e,\
31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,36,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,32,2d,17,38,32,2d,17,38,14,00,\
00,00,50,00,43,00,54,00,56,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,73,00,69,00,6f,00,6e,00,2e,\
00,6c,00,6e,00,6b,00,00,00,1c,00,00,00,17,6c,00,00,00,6a,00,32,00,96,07,00,\
00,35,2d,2b,ac,20,00,41,44,4f,42,45,41,7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,4e,00,03,00,\
04,00,ef,be,35,2d,2b,ac,35,2d,2b,ac,14,00,00,00,41,00,64,00,6f,00,62,00,65,\
00,20,00,41,00,66,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,20,00,45,00,66,00,66,00,65,00,63,00,\
74,00,73,00,20,00,35,00,2e,00,35,00,2e,00,6c,00,6e,00,6b,00,00,00,1c,00,00,\
00,02,52,00,00,00,50,00,32,00,54,06,00,00,38,2d,d5,88,20,00,56,49,52,54,55,\
41,7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,34,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,38,2d,d5,88,38,2d,d5,88,\
14,00,00,00,56,00,69,00,72,00,74,00,75,00,61,00,6c,00,44,00,75,00,62,00,2e,\
00,6c,00,6e,00,6b,00,00,00,1c,00,00,00,ff
"FavoritesChanges"=dword:0000000e

Unpinned

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-796845957-1993962763-1060284298-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage]
"Favorites"=hex:17,9a,00,00,00,46,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,32,2d,17,38,10,00,53,54,\
55,44,49,4f,7e,31,00,00,2e,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,32,2d,17,38,32,2d,18,38,14,\
00,00,00,53,00,74,00,75,00,64,00,69,00,6f,00,20,00,50,00,43,00,54,00,56,00,\
00,00,18,00,52,00,32,00,1c,03,00,00,32,2d,17,38,20,00,50,43,54,56,56,49,7e,\
31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,36,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,32,2d,17,38,32,2d,17,38,14,00,\
00,00,50,00,43,00,54,00,56,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,73,00,69,00,6f,00,6e,00,2e,\
00,6c,00,6e,00,6b,00,00,00,1c,00,00,00,17,6c,00,00,00,6a,00,32,00,96,07,00,\
00,35,2d,2b,ac,20,00,41,44,4f,42,45,41,7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,4e,00,03,00,\
04,00,ef,be,35,2d,2b,ac,35,2d,2b,ac,14,00,00,00,41,00,64,00,6f,00,62,00,65,\
00,20,00,41,00,66,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,20,00,45,00,66,00,66,00,65,00,63,00,\
74,00,73,00,20,00,35,00,2e,00,35,00,2e,00,6c,00,6e,00,6b,00,00,00,1c,00,00,\
00,ff
"FavoritesChanges"=dword:0000000d