my start menu is missing an 'arrow'

[bigdan]

Hello,

Please see attached screenshot.

For some reason Word has an arrow next to it but Excel doesn't. Is there some way to make it happen?

Thanks!

 

[carnageX]

That auto-populates with the "recent documents" list from the program.

Here's something to check: http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/130621-MS-Office-2010-Recent-documents-do-not-show
Failing that, here's another one to try (deleting the Recent docs store):
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-in-task/8f63be2f-67b0-463e-995e-8274adefdcbe