Tip 98: Prevent a Program From Being Displayed in the Most Frequently Used Programs List

If you don’t want a program to display in the "Most Frequently Used Programs" List change the following registry information:

Hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Key: Applications\<Program name.exe>
(where Program name.exe is the name of the application that you do not want to be displayed in the Most Frequently Used Programs List.
Name: NoStartPage
Type: REG_SZ (String)
Value: (do not enter any value, leave it empty)

That’s it. Reboot your computer.