Oblige the logoff button in the Start menu (For All Users).

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This setting enables you to oblige Windows to show the logoff button in the start menu and it disallows to remove this button.
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Description:
This setting enables you to oblige windows to show the logoff button in the start menu and it disallows to remove this button. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. If the subkey \explorer does not exist, create it as explained below. Then, create a dword value forcestartmenulogoff in the right panel. Now, right-click and modify its value to 1 which can oblige the logoff button. However, if you want to get back to the original state, change the value data to 0 or delete the added 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.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Go to <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\]</b>, key and create a new key with the name "Explorer" under "Policies".
Go to <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]</b> , right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "ForceStartMenuLogoff" in "explore" key.
Next, right-click on "ForceStartMenuLogoff" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.


Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: Explorer
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: ForceStartMenuLogoff
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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