Disable user from changing start menu
| Operating System |
windows 2000 /ME /XP / 2003 |
| Category |
Start menu and taskbar |
Start menu maintain list of items in which addition and deletion can be done by drag-and-drop facility. some Time this can be dangerous as it can remove important shortcut or add unwanted short cut. This tweak will Prevents users from using the drag-and-drop method to reorder or remove items on the Start menu. Also, it removes context menus from the Start menu.
Steps for applying this Tweak
- Open your Registry
- Go to one of the following location
- For changes to occur for current user
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer
- For change to occur for all users
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer
- Create or Modify if exists Dword value called "NoChangeStartMenu"
- set value as 0 to disable Or 1 to Enable this Tweak.
- restart windows or logout for setting to take effect.
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