How to Edit Start Menu ?

Windows has a nice new Start menu, which you can customize more thoroughly than you could with the Start menu in any earlier version of Windows. Open the Taskbar And Start Menu Properties dialog box by right-clicking the taskbar and clicking Properties. On the Start Menu tab, select either the Start Menu option or the Classic Start Menu option to choose which version of the Start menu to use, and then click Customize. The Customize Start Menu dialog box appears; you use this box to customize how Windows displays the Start menu.

The following sections describe the most useful Start menu hacks. First you learn how to configure what does and does not appear on the Start menu. Then you learn how to prevent some programs from appearing on the frequently used programs list. You also learn how to restore the Start menu's sort order when it's not in alphabetical order.

Configuring the Menu's Contents
Even though you can completely customize the Start menu in the user interface, power users and IT professionals will likely want to script Start menu customizations. Power users don't want to reconfigure the Start menu every time they install Windows. IT professionals can use scripts to deploy these settings or configure them automatically when creating default user profiles.

If you want to script these settings, you need to know where to find them in the registry. All these settings are in the same place:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

The first section, “Classic Start Menu,” contains values that affect the classic Start menu. The second section, “New Start Menu,” contains values that affect the new Start menu, also known as the Start panel. Most of these settings are REG_DWORD values, but some are REG_SZ values. If the possible data for any of the settings includes 0x01, 0x02, and so on, that setting is a REG_DWORD value. If the possible data includes NO or YES, it's a REG_SZ value.

CLASSIC START MENU

StartMenuAdminTools
0x00–Hide Administrative Tools
0x01–Display Administrative Tools

CascadeControlPanel
NO–Display Control Panel as link
YES–Display Control Panel as menu

CascadeMyDocuments
NO–Display My Documents as link
YES–Display My Documents as menu

CascadeMyPictures
NO–Display My Pictures as link
YES–Display My Pictures as menu

CascadePrinters
NO–Display Printers as link
YES–Display Printers as menu

IntelliMenus
0x00–Don't use personalized menus
0x01–Use Personalized Menus

CascadeNetworkConnections
NO–Display Network Connections as link
YES–Display Network Connections as menu

Start_LargeMFUIcons
0x00–Show small icons in Start menu
0x01–Show large icons in Start menu

StartMenuChange
0x00–Disable dragging and dropping
0x01–Enable dragging and dropping

StartMenuFavorites
0x00–Hide Favorites
0x01–Display Favorites

StartMenuLogoff
0x00–Hide Log Off
0x01–Display Log Off

StartMenuRun
0x00–Hide Run command
0x01–Display Run command

StartMenuScrollPrograms
NO–Don't scroll Programs menu
YES–Scroll Programs menu


NEW START MENU

Start_ShowControlPanel
0x00–Hide Control Panel
0x01–Show Control Panel as link
0x02–Show Control Panel as menu

Start_EnableDragDrop
0x00–Disable dragging and dropping
0x01–Enable dragging and dropping

StartMenuFavorites
0x00–Hide Favorites menu
0x01–Show Favorites menu

Start_ShowMyComputer
0x00–Hide My Computer
0x01–Show My Computer as link
0x02–Show My Computer as menu

Start_ShowMyDocs
0x00–Hide My Documents
0x01–Show My Documents as link
0x02–Show My Documents as menu

Start_ShowMyMusic
0x00–Hide My Music
0x01–Show My Music as link
0x02–Show My Music as menu

Start_ShowMyPics
0x00–Hide My Pictures
0x01–Show My Pictures as link
0x02–Show My Pictures as menu

Start_ShowNetConn
0x00–Hide Network Connections
0x01–Show Network Connections as link
0x02–Show Network Connections as menu

Start_AdminToolsTemp
0x00–Hide Administrative Tools
0x01–Show on All Programs menu
0x02–Show on All Programs menu and Start menu

Start_ShowHelp
0x00–Hide Help and Support
0x01–Show Help and Support

Start_ShowNetPlaces
0x00–Hide My Network Places
0x01–Show My Network Places

Start_ShowOEMLink
0x00–Hide Manufacturer Link
0x01–Show Manufacturer Link

Start_ShowPrinters
0x00–Hide Printers and Faxes
0x01–Show Printers and Faxes

Start_ShowRun
0x00–Hide Run command
0x01–Show Run command

Start_ShowSearch
0x00–Hide Search command
0x01–Show Search command

Start_ScrollPrograms
0x00–Don't scroll Programs menu
0x01–Scroll Programs menu

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