Thursday, January 6, 2011

Remove Run item from the Start menu.

 
This setting enables you to hide the Run item in the Start menu.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
The run command allows you to access programs, documents, folders or websites. This setting can disable this feature by removing the command from the start menu list. For this, go to start > run, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value startmenurun, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to 1 which can remove run item from the start menu. However, if you want to show the option back, change the value to 0 or delete startmenurun. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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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\Explorer\Advanced\]</b> Now, right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "StartMenuRun" in "Advanced" key.
Next, right-click on "StartMenuRun" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.


Registry Entries

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

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