Tweak Library – Disable the shortcut of “Accessibility Wizard” utility in new Start menu

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Disable the shortcut of “Accessibility Wizard” utility in new Start menu (For All Users).

The Most Frequent List in new Start menu displays the application names that are regularly used. This setting can disable the shortcut of the utility “Accessibility Wizard” from appearing in the list.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003

Description:

Windows displays the most frequently accessed programs, in left panel of the new Start menu called Most Frequent List. This list makes the program accessibility comfortable for users. But, with this setting you can disable the shortcut of the utility “Accessibility Wizard” in Most Frequent List of Start menu.

“Accwiz.exe” process is associated with the “Accessibility Wizard” utility. The “Accessibility Wizard” guides physically disabled people through the process of customizing their computer to help meet their vision, hearing, and mobility needs. This tool can be accessed from Control Panel or through Start > All Programs > Accessories > Accessibility menu.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, create a string value “NoStartPage”, if this value does not exists, and leave the data blank. This removes the shortcut to the utility.

However, if you want to get the utility shortcut back in Start menu, delete the string value.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

NOTE:
The restrictions will apply on all user accounts created on your system.

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Do not show accessibility wizard in Most Frequent List.reg

The ".reg" file can hide the "Accessibility Wizard" from the 'Most Frequent List' in the 'Start' menu.

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Show accessibility wizard in Most Frequent List (Default).reg

The ".reg" file can show the "Accessibility Wizard" from the 'Most Frequent List' in the 'Start' menu.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\accwiz.exe\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

NoStartPage

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String 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.

The "Accessibility Wizard" is not visible in the Start menu after the changes have been made in the registry.

The "Accessibility Wizard" is visible in the Start menu.

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

Second, go to the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\accwiz.exe\] key, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > String Value" to create a new String Value with the name "NoStartPage".

Finally, the created 'String Value' will look like below.