Disable All Programs link from new Start menu.

Click here to run a free scan for registry errors
This setting can hide All Programs link from the new Start menu.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
All programs list in new start menu displays a list of all the installed programs. This setting can hide this option. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value nostartmenumoreprograms, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value data to 1 which can hide all programs option. However, if you want to show the option back, change the value to 0 or delete the nostartmenumoreprograms value. 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.




Screenshots


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 "NoStartMenuMorePrograms" in "Explorer" key.
Next, right-click on "NoStartMenuMorePrograms" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value "1" (Base Hexadecimal) in the text box and click on 'OK'.


Registry Entries

- back to top

  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: NoStartMenuMorePrograms
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


Related Tweaks

- back to top