Disable the shortcut of Microsoft WordPad application in new Start menu (For All Users).

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The Most Frequent List in new Start menu displays the application names that are regularly used. This setting can disable the shortcut of the application Microsoft WordPad from appearing in the list.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
Windows displays the most frequently accessed programs, in left panel of the new start menu called most frequent list. This list makes the program accessibility comfortable for users. But, with this setting you can disable the shortcut of the application microsoft wordpad in most frequent list of start menu. Wordpad is a word processing application included with all versions of windows operating system. It permits you to create, open or edit text documents that contain formatting or graphics. This application can be accessed through start > all programs > accessories menu. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, create a string value nostartpage, if this value does not exists, and leave the data blank. This removes the shortcut to the application. However, if you want to get the application shortcut back in start menu, delete the string value. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. Note: the restrictions will apply on all user accounts created on your system. 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".
Second, go to the <b>'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\wordpad.exe\' </b> key, right click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > String Value" to create a new String value with the name "NoStartPage".
Finally, the created String value will look like below.


Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\wordpad.exe\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: NoStartPage
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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