Disable the shortcut of Microsoft PowerPoint 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 Microsoft PowerPoint 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 powerpoint in most frequent list of start menu. Microsoft powerpoint is the popular application from the microsoft office suite. It is used for creating professional slide-show presentations. Powerpnt.exe is the executable process for this application. 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 nostartpage. 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.
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 powerpoint in most frequent list of start menu. Microsoft powerpoint is the popular application from the microsoft office suite. It is used for creating professional slide-show presentations. Powerpnt.exe is the executable process for this application. 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 nostartpage. 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".

Second, go to the <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\powerpnt.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
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\powerpnt.exe\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: NoStartPage
- Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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