Disable the shortcut of Windows Explorer application in new Start menu (For All Users).
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 Windows Explorer 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 windows explorer in most frequent list of start menu. Explorer.exe is a windows system file. Windows explorer provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. It presents the user interface on the monitor and enables the user to control the computer. 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.
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 windows explorer in most frequent list of start menu. Explorer.exe is a windows system file. Windows explorer provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. It presents the user interface on the monitor and enables the user to control the computer. 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\explorer.exe\]</b> key, right click on the blank side in the right pane and click on "New > String Value".
Finally, the created String value will look like this.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\explorer.exe\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: NoStartPage
- Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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