If Enable dragging and dropping is available on the Start Menu Properties,
there is no need to look at Group Policy or the registry.
Remove Drag-and-drop context menus on the Start Menu Policy...
[[Prevents users from using the drag-and-drop method to reorder or remove
items on the Start menu. Also, it removes context menus from the Start menu.
If you disable this setting or do not configure it, users can remove or
reorder Start menu items by dragging and dropping the item. They can display
context menus by right-clicking a Start menu item.
This setting does not prevent users from using other methods of customizing
the Start menu or performing the tasks available from the context menus.]]
NoChangeStartMenu stores the setting of the Remove Drag-and-drop context
menus on the Start Menu Group Policy.
Enabling Remove Drag-and-drop context menus on the Start Menu from Group
Policy\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar
sets NoChangeStartMenu to 1 in both of these keys...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Group Policy Objects\{AC0373D9-0009-4AAB-9430-3DAD3030B4B8}User\
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore
r
and removes Enable dragging and dropping Start Menu Properties.
Setting Remove Drag-and-drop context menus on the Start Menu to Not
Configured from Group Policy\User Configuration\Administrative
Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar deletes both of these keys...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Group Policy Objects\{AC0373D9-0009-4AAB-9430-3DAD3030B4B8}User\
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore
r
and adds Enable dragging and dropping back to Start Menu Properties.
Disabling Remove Drag-and-drop context menus on the Start Menu from Group
Policy\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar
adds **del.NoChangeStartMenu with a nul value to this key...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\{75214D18-2ACC-4340-84AE-F45BB59205EB}User\Software\Microsoft\Window
s\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and adds Enable dragging and dropping back to Start Menu Properties.
And yes, NoChangeStartMenu can also exist in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartM
enu\Policy
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In
Ronaldo said:
Check the Windows Registry, there may be security policies that prevent
Start Menu changes.
Start\Run\type: "regedit" (w/o quotes) and press Enter
Check in both Local Machine and Current User registry hives.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartM
enu\Policy\NoChangeStartMenu\
(check for enabled value, if no value is present, there is no policy in
effect)HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
\StartMenu\StartMenu\StartMenuChange\Policy\NoChangeStartMenu\
(check for enabled value, if no value is present, there is no policy in
effect)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore
r\"NoChangeStartMenu"=dword:
1 (one enables the policy)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore
r\"NoChangeStartMenu"=dword:
0 (zero disables the policy)
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"Bonnie" <
[email protected]> escribió en el mensaje
i can't add or remove shortcuts from
the start menu.
could someone please tell me
how to fix this problem?
thanks,
bonnie