Icons "disappearing" from Start Menu

Just a few moments ago, I opened up my start menu and noticed it looked a little "shorter" than usual. Upon closer inspection I realized that several of my icons had disappeared from it. The exact number is hard to say, because I don't know exactly what was in there, but I can say that my Photoshop, Illustrator, Imageready and Steam icons were among the losses.

So uh, what gives?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

No they were in the programs menu sorry I wasn't very clear to begin with.

Notepad was also amongst the casualties.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by BlueMikey

Something similar happened to me after someone else used my work computer. This might be it:

Right click on the taskbar, click on properties, and go to the start menu tab. Make sure that the box that says "Use Personalized Menus" is turned off.

That's not it. The icons were literally deleted from the menu, but not by me (perhaps by ghosts.)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.