"ThinkVantage Tools" Jump List in Start Menu not working properly

Hello All:
I have a very new (3 days old) W520, model number 4270 CTO. This product arrived with many unique and useful ThinkVantage Tools installed.
For reasons I cannot comprehend, the jump list attached to the "ThinkVantage Tools" entry in the start menu (the frequently used items portion of the start menu) is not opening up to show all of the various ThinkVantage Tools that are available, instead; it is opening up to show what appears to be 'recent places' I have visited using the OS (in other words, kind of like the Windows 7 'recent places' shortcut'.
Can anyone provide me with a suggestion about how to solve this problem, and get the jump list to display the various subsidiary tools, rather than the recent places I have been to with Windows Explorer? Photo showing the problem is below.
Michael
Notice the problem with the subsidiary jump list...

Serge:
I need a little bit of help figuring out exactly what to remove, and where to go to get the replacement application to re-install.
I took a look at the various Lenovo applications listed in the "Programs and Features" control panel, and all of them appear to be specific tasks (for example, Power Manager, Access Connections, Active Protection, etc.). There does not appear to be an entry on that list for "Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools".
I also took a closer look at what the entry in the start menu (pictured above) references. When I examine the Properties for this entry, it shows the following reference: "C:\Windows\explorer.exe ::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\2\::{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}\Provider%5CMicrosoft.Base.DeviceDisplayObjects//DDO:%7B00000000-0000-0000-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF%7D\cat{8AA6B0C2-14A6-4da8-BF36-F7D93ACE9ACE}".
Selecting the 'Open File Location' button from the Properties sheet refers me to the explorer.exe application that is contained in the 'C:\Windows' folder.
I would be very grateful if you would tell me exactly how to remove and reinstall this item - in particular, where should I go to find the installer package to reinstall it? I have looked at the W520 Device Driver File Matrix, under the 'ThinkVantage Technologies' heading, and can't find any entry that explicitly says "Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools".
Thanks again for your help.
Michael
W520 (4270 CTO), which replaced a W500 (4062-27U), which replaced a T42P, which replaced an A21P...

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