Remove Start Menu Programs Group

[Gavin F]

Hi

I'm looking for help on removing the "programs" item on
the classic start menu.

Its for a customized locked down desktop that provides
access to applications from its own starting point on the
start menu. No access to normal XP programs is required.

I've set the GPO to remove common programs from the start
menu, and also tried to delete the programs folder from
the users profile and default user profile ... but the
entry still persists in the start menu

Any ideas?

TIA,

Gav

 

[Kaylene aka Taurarian]

Remove "All Programs" Button from the Start Menu
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1034/

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBL/tip5700/rh5773.htm
How do I remove the 'All Programs' button from the Windows XP Start menu?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply but i'm using the classic start
menu .. these settings only apply to the simple menu

 

[Wesley Vogel]

User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore
r
The registry entries are DWORD values. A value of 1 is enabled, and a value
of 0 is disabled.

Policy: Remove More Programs list from the Start menu
Description: Removes the More Programs list from the Start menu.
Registry Value: "NoStartMenuMorePrograms"

Policy: Remove common program groups from Start Menu
Description: Removes items in the All Users profile from the More Programs
list on the Start menu.
Registry Value: "NoCommonGroups"

[[Removes items in the All Users profile from the Programs menu on the Start
menu.
By default, the Programs menu contains items from the All Users profile and
items from the user's profile. If you enable this setting, only items in the
user's profile appear in the Programs menu.
Tip: To see the Program menu items in the All Users profile, on the system
drive, go to Documents and Settings\All Users (WINNT)\Start Menu\Programs.]]

Remove All Programs list from Start menu
[[If you enable this setting, the "All Programs" item is removed from the
simple Start menu.
If you disable this setting or do not configure it, the "All Programs" item
remains on the simple Start menu.
Policy: Disable changes to Taskbar and Start Menu settings]]

Description: Removes the Taskbar & Start Menu item from the Control
Panel, and removes the Properties item from the Start menu (and button)
context menu.
Registry Value: "NoSetTaskbar"

[[Removes the Taskbar and Start Menu item from Settings on the Start menu.
This setting also prevents the user from opening the Taskbar Properties
dialog box.
If the user right-clicks the taskbar and then clicks Properties, a message
appears explaining that a setting prevents the action.]]

 

[Gavin F]

Thanks for the info Wes, still have the problem though.
The simple start menu seems to be much easier to customize
than the classic one - which i'm using

-----Original Message-----
User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio n\Policies\Explore
r
The registry entries are DWORD values. A value of 1 is enabled, and a value
of 0 is disabled.

Policy: Remove More Programs list from the Start menu
Description: Removes the More Programs list from the Start menu.
Registry Value: "NoStartMenuMorePrograms"

Policy: Remove common program groups from Start Menu
Description: Removes items in the All Users profile from the More Programs
list on the Start menu.
Registry Value: "NoCommonGroups"

[[Removes items in the All Users profile from the Programs menu on the Start
menu.
By default, the Programs menu contains items from the All Users profile and
items from the user's profile. If you enable this setting, only items in the
user's profile appear in the Programs menu.
Tip: To see the Program menu items in the All Users profile, on the system
drive, go to Documents and Settings\All Users (WINNT) \Start Menu\Programs.]]

Remove All Programs list from Start menu
[[If you enable this setting, the "All Programs" item is removed from the
simple Start menu.
If you disable this setting or do not configure it, the "All Programs" item
remains on the simple Start menu.
Policy: Disable changes to Taskbar and Start Menu settings]]

Description: Removes the Taskbar & Start Menu item from the Control
Panel, and removes the Properties item from the Start menu (and button)
context menu.
Registry Value: "NoSetTaskbar"

[[Removes the Taskbar and Start Menu item from Settings on the Start menu.
This setting also prevents the user from opening the Taskbar Properties
dialog box.
If the user right-clicks the taskbar and then clicks Properties, a message
appears explaining that a setting prevents the action.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Gavin F <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:

Hi

I'm looking for help on removing the "programs" item on
the classic start menu.

Its for a customized locked down desktop that provides
access to applications from its own starting point on the
start menu. No access to normal XP programs is required.

I've set the GPO to remove common programs from the start
menu, and also tried to delete the programs folder from
the users profile and default user profile ... but the
entry still persists in the start menu

Any ideas?

TIA,

Gav

.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I'm using the Classic Start Menu also. But have never needed to remove
programs.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Thanks for the info Wes, still have the problem though.
The simple start menu seems to be much easier to customize
than the classic one - which i'm using

-----Original Message-----
User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and
Taskbar

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\Policies\Explore r
The registry entries are DWORD values. A value of 1 is enabled, and
a value of 0 is disabled.

Policy: Remove More Programs list from the Start menu
Description: Removes the More Programs list from the Start menu.
Registry Value: "NoStartMenuMorePrograms"

Policy: Remove common program groups from Start Menu
Description: Removes items in the All Users profile from the More
Programs list on the Start menu.
Registry Value: "NoCommonGroups"

[[Removes items in the All Users profile from the Programs menu on
the Start menu.
By default, the Programs menu contains items from the All Users
profile and items from the user's profile. If you enable this
setting, only items in the user's profile appear in the Programs
menu.
Tip: To see the Program menu items in the All Users profile, on the
system drive, go to Documents and Settings\All Users (WINNT) \Start
Menu\Programs.]]

Remove All Programs list from Start menu
[[If you enable this setting, the "All Programs" item is removed
from the simple Start menu.
If you disable this setting or do not configure it, the "All Programs" item
remains on the simple Start menu.
Policy: Disable changes to Taskbar and Start Menu settings]]

Description: Removes the Taskbar & Start Menu item from the Control
Panel, and removes the Properties item from the Start menu (and
button) context menu.
Registry Value: "NoSetTaskbar"

[[Removes the Taskbar and Start Menu item from Settings on the Start
menu. This setting also prevents the user from opening the Taskbar
Properties dialog box.
If the user right-clicks the taskbar and then clicks Properties, a
message appears explaining that a setting prevents the action.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In Gavin F <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:

Hi

I'm looking for help on removing the "programs" item on
the classic start menu.

Its for a customized locked down desktop that provides
access to applications from its own starting point on the
start menu. No access to normal XP programs is required.

I've set the GPO to remove common programs from the start
menu, and also tried to delete the programs folder from
the users profile and default user profile ... but the
entry still persists in the start menu

Any ideas?

TIA,

Gav

.

 

[Mark Dant]

I have stumbled on the solution. Many people have posted about editing the registry on the local machine. Surely this misses the point. This is about editing a GPO to be applied to all users in a group to prevent access to anything other than what you want to allow no matter which machine they log onto. (Editing the local registry involves knowing which machine they will use!) Assuming you are using Server 2003 as the DC then edit the GPO and go to:

User configuration/administrative templates/start menu and task bar and disable the "force classic start menu". Nearly all the other settings in this location are enabled too.

I was setting up a GPO for AS language students in school and all they see now is my computer and printers and faxes. Other policies are applied which mean that nothing appears in my computer and nothing appears in printers (there are no printers installed). All my policy allows them to do is go to a moodle page which plays a series of exam sound files using the built in flash player. They cannot slow the playback down. It took me the best part of three days playing with group policy to achieve this so it is not a five minute job!