Tweaking Registry for Start Menu -Part 1

Visibility and functioning of Windows Start Menu can be modified in a large number of ways using the Registry Tweaks. This part provides information on tweaks that work on Windows 2000 and Onwards.


Open Regedit and browse through to the key as below (or create if doesnot exist)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Creating a DWORD valuename (names as below) and setting its value to 1 (numeral one) will have effect as mentioned corresponding to it. To regain the original settings either set them to 0 (numeral zero) or delete them.

ValueName	Description
StartMenuLogOff	Remove Logoff on the Start Menu
NoWindowsUpdate	Remove links and access to Windows Update
NoTrayContextMenu	Remove access to the context menus for the taskbar
NoStartMenuSubFolders	Remove user's folders from the Start Menu
NoSMMyDocs	Remove Documents icon from Start Menu
NoSetTaskbar	Prevent changes to Taskbar and Start Menu Settings
NoSetFolders	Remove programs on Settings menu
NoRun	Remove Run menu from Start Menu
NoResolveTrack	Do not use the tracking-based method when resolving shell shortcuts
NoResolveSearch	Do not use the search-based method when resolving shell shortcuts
NoRecentDocsMenu	Remove Recent Items menu from Start Menu
NoRecentDocsHistory	Do not keep history of recently opened documents
NoNetworkConnection	Remove Network Connections from Start Menu
NoInstrumentation	Turn off user tracking
NoSMHelp	Remove Help menu from Start Menu
NoFind	Remove Search link from Start Menu
NoFavoritesMenu	Remove Favorites menu from Start Menu
NoCommonGroups	Remove common program groups from Start Menu
NoClose	Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands
NoChangeStartMenu	Remove Drag-and-drop context menus on the Start Menu
MemCheckBoxInRunDlg	Add "Run in Separate Memory Space" check box to Run dialog box
Intellimenus	Turn off personalized menus
GreyMSIAds	Displays Start menu shortcuts to partially installed programs in gray text.
ForceStartMenuLogOff	Add Logoff to the Start Menu
ClearRecentDocsOnExit	Clear history of recently opened documents on exit

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