deleting item in start menu

[JR]

In the start menu, I have an icon for Dell Solution Center that I would like
to delete. However, right clicking it just brings up "Dell Solution
Center". There is no "remove from list" Does anyone know how I delete this
icon.

Thanks

 

[JR]

Nevermind - I figured it out. Sorry

Thanks

 

[Guest]

well, I just spent about 15 minutes looking for the answer, so if you don't mind, could you post it?

 

[JR]

Sure

Right click in an empty space in the start box and click properties to bring
up the "taskbar and start menu properties". Click on the "start menu" tab
and then the "advanced" tab. Under "start menu items" unclick the
"manufacturer link" Also, there are a lot of other changes you can make.
Hope this helps!

 

[Guest]

Yes, I am familiar with those functions, I just don't have the manufacteror link...hmmm. Are you using the 'classis view'?

 

[Gonzalo Fernandez]

There are two ways to remove the "DELL Solution Center": in the Start
Menu properties, or, bye the hard way, editing the Windows registry.

1. Right click on a Start Menu free place, select Properties, select
Start Menu tab (in the top), select Personalize button, clic on
Advanced tab (top), scroll down the Start Menu elements list, look for
the Manufacturer Link element, and uncheck the box near it.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS OPTION (i don't know why). Follow this
instructions:

2. Open the Windows Registry Editor (regedit.exe), go to:
My PC\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\

look for a key called: "Start_ShowOEMLink", double clic it, and set
the value to 0. (cero).
If the value doesn't exist, create it, Edit, New, DWORD Value.
Name it: Start_ShowOEMLink, press Enter, and give it the 0 value
(cero).

NOTE: be careful when editing registry.

Aditionally you can copy the following, name the file "Something.reg",
double clic it, and merge the values into the registry.


---- //COPY ALL BELOW THIS LINE
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_ShowOEMLink"=dword:00000000

--- //JUST BEFORE THIS LINE (without this line)

Atte.
Chalo