Tweak Library – Remove “Network Connections” item from the Start menu

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Remove “Network Connections” item from the Start menu (All Users).

This setting disables the display of “Network Connections” inside the Start menu.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

“Network Connections” option in Control Panel lets you connect to other computers, networks and Internet. If you go to “Start > Settings” menu and select “Network Connections”, operating system will open the Network Connections window. But, with this setting can hide “Network Connections” item in the Start menu.

For this, go to Start > Run, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a DWORD value “NoNetworkConnections”, if this value does not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the value to “1” which can hide Network Connections item. However, if you want to show the item again, change the value data to “0” or delete the value.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Hide Network Connections from Start Menu.reg

The '.reg' file can hide Network Connections item inside Start menu.

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Show Network Connections in Start Menu (Default).reg

The '.reg' file can show Network Connections item inside Start menu.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

NoNetworkConnections

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

'Network Connections' item is removed from the Start menu.

'Network Connections' item is visible by default in the Start menu.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\], right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "NoNetworkConnections" in "Explorer" key.

Next, right-click on "NoNetworkConnections" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value User "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.