Customize your Start Menu setting and preferences

Customize your Start Menu setting and preferences - You can open group policy editor (gpedit.msc) and go to User Configuration \\ AdministrativeTemplates \\ Start Menu and Taskbar and set a variety of preferences for your start menu. Or if Youwant You can open registry editor and navigate toHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer andenable/disable various parameters by changing 1 to 0 and viceversa. I am doing a cut/paste of listavailable at Microsoft site. Visit the site to get details on these registry values

Registry Value:"NoSimpleStartMenu"Registry Value:"NoStartMenuPinnedList"Registry Value:"NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList"Registry Value:"NoStartMenuMorePrograms"Registry Value:"NoCommonGroups"Registry Value:"GreyMSIAds"Registry Value:"NoWindowsUpdate"Registry Value:"NoStartMenuMyMusic","NoSMMyPictures","NoFavoritesMenu","NoRecentDocsMenu"Registry Value:"DisableMyPicturesDirChange", "DisableMyMusicDirChange","DisableFavoritesDirChange".Registry Value:"NoSMMyDocs"Registry Value:"DisablePersonalDirChange"Registry Value:"NoRecentDocsMenu"Registry Value:"MaxRecentDocs"Registry Value:"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"Registry Value:"NoFavoritesMenu"Registry Value:"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}" under HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\NonEnum.Registry Value:"NoNetworkConnections"Registry Value:"NoStartMenuNetworkPlaces"Registry Value:"NoRecentDocsNetHood"Registry Value:"NoSMHelp"Registry Value:"NoFind"Registry Value:"NoRun"Registry Value:"MemCheckBoxInRunDlg"
Registry Value:"NoResolveSearch"Registry Value:"NoResolveTrack"Registry Value:"ForceStartMenuLogoff"Registry Value:"StartMenuLogoff"Registry Value:"NoClose"Registry Value:"NoStartMenuEjectPC"Registry Value:"NoChangeStartMenu"Registry Value:"NoSetTaskbar"Registry Value:"NoInstrumentation"Registry Value:"NoUserNameInStartMenu"I read about this on Microsoft Web Site. Here is the link Policy Settings for the Start Menu in WindowsXP (Q292504)