Control Windows XP's 'Highlight newly installed programs' option

Admin Tip #25: Control Windows XP's 'Highlight newly installed programs' option

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

In Explorer, click Tools
Click Folder Options
Click the View tab,
Check Highlight newly installed programs in the Advanced settings list.

The registry method for this setting is to set DWORD value of Start_NotifyNewApps=1 in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced registry key.

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