OK, try this:
Start Menu Most Frequently Used programs (MFU) list is empty:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/startmfu.htm

JS


"Amy" <Amy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:46880B56-2EBE-4597-A470-CE8EDA361D69@microsoft.com...
> Thank you. However, it's not the recent documents that are missing...it's
> all the applications that were listed that are missing. Any thoughts on
> that? Thanks again!
>
> "JS" wrote:
>
>> Removing the Recent Documents link from XP Start Menu
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/recentdocs.htm
>>
>> Follow the instruction except where it says:
>> "Under Recent documents, uncheck List my most recently opened documents"
>>
>> Change it to read "Check List my most recently opened documents"
>>
>> JS
>>
>> "Amy" <Amy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:47A4E3B2-69F7-4AB4-AB02-915755F7C5E7@microsoft.com...
>> > When I click on Start, the part of the Start menu *directly* above the
>> > Start
>> > button is completely empty. To the right of that, there is the usual
>> > My
>> > Documents, My Computer, Control Panel, etc. However, the left side is
>> > 100%
>> > blank. Any idea how to get the items to show back up again, please?
>> > I've
>> > explored my Start Menu and made sure the shortcuts are there for the
>> > items,
>> > which they are...they're just not showing up. Any help is greatly
>> > appreciated! Thank you in advance! - Amy
>>
>>
>>