Problem With Right Click On Programs Pinned To Taskbar

Jan 31, 2009

When I right click on Windows Media Player on the taskbar, the recent files and task lists appears, but don't work : when I click on a file or a task, nothing happen .

However, it worked at the beginning (just after Windows installation), and it still work for other programs. I tried a system restore, and the problem persist.

I'm on Seven Beta 1 (Build 7000).

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Pic 2

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