Disable context menu display on the Taskbar.
This setting disables the context menu from appearing on right-clicking on Start button or Navigation Area generally called System Tray.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
Upon right-clicking the taskbar contents like start button, notification area - generally referred as system tray, or the taskbar area, it shows context menu of the respective option. With this setting you can disable the context menu display on right-click of these options for this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value notraycontextmenu, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to 1 which can disable the context menu display. However, if you want to get back the missing options, change the value to 0. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
Upon right-clicking the taskbar contents like start button, notification area - generally referred as system tray, or the taskbar area, it shows context menu of the respective option. With this setting you can disable the context menu display on right-click of these options for this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value notraycontextmenu, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to 1 which can disable the context menu display. However, if you want to get back the missing options, change the value to 0. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]</b> , right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "NoTrayContextMenu" in "Explorer" key.
Next, right-click on "NoTrayContextMenu" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value User "1" without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'. Once you are done follow the same steps at <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]</b> key.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: NoTrayContextMenu
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Add an Entry
- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: NoTrayContextMenu
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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