Thursday, June 28, 2012

Tweaks Registry for Start Menu -part 3

Tweaks added with Windows Vista

Open Regedit and browse through to the key as below (or create if doesnot exist)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
"Start Menu" tweaks in Windows Vista are different from previous ones in a way that the actions performed by these are already available with "Start Menu" Control Panel item. Enabling these using registry however prohibits user from controlling the said actions.
ValueName Description
QuickLaunchEnabled This policy setting controls whether the QuickLaunch bar is displayed in the Taskbar.
If you enable this setting, the QuickLaunch bar will be visible and cannot be turned off.
If you disable this setting, the QuickLaunch bar will be hidden and cannot be turned on.
If you do not configure this setting, then users will be able to turn the QuickLaunch bar on and off.
ForceRunOnStartMenu If you enable this setting, the Run command is added to the Start menu. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the Run command is not visible on the Start menu by default, but it can be added from the Taskbar and Start menu properties. If the "NoRun" is enabled, this has no effect.
UseFoldersInStartMenu User folders links launch a folder view of users files instead of a library view.
NoUserFolderInStartMenu If you enable this setting the start menu will not show a link to the user's storage folder.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, the start menu will display a link, unless the user chooses to remove it in the start menu control panel.
NoSearchCommInStartMenu If you enable this setting the start menu search box will not search for communications.
If you disable or do not configure this, the start menu will search for communications, unless the user chooses not to in the start menu control panel.
NoSearchProgramsInStartMenu If you enable this setting the start menu search box will not search for programs.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, the start menu will search for programs, unless the user chooses not to in the start menu control panel.
NoSearchInternetInStartMenu If you enable this setting the start menu search box will not search for internet history or favorites.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, the start menu will search for internet history or favorites, unless the user chooses not to in the start menu control panel.
NoSearchFilesInStartMenu If you enable this setting the start menu search box will not search for files.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, the start menu will search for files, unless the user chooses not to in the start menu control panel.
NoSearchComputerLinkInStartMenu If you enable this setting, the "See all results" link will not be shown when the user performs a search in the start menu search box.
If you disable or do not configure this policy, the "See all results" link will be shown when the user performs a search in the start menu search box.
NoStartMenuMyGames If you enable this setting the start menu will not show a link to the Games folder.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, the start menu will show a link to the Games folder, unless the user chooses to remove it in the start menu control panel.
ClearRecentProgForNewUserInStartMenu If you enable this setting, the recent programs list in the start menu will be blank for each new user.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, the start menu recent programs list will be pre-populated with programs for each new user.
statutory warning : Tweaking registry in irresposible Manner can damage your system settings and can stop your operating system to function properly or stop the functioning. Perform tweaking only if you are sure of what you are doing

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