Tweak Library – Disable the shortcut of “Windows Explorer” application in new Start menu

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Disable the shortcut of “Windows Explorer” application 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 application “Windows Explorer” from appearing in the list.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

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 application “Windows Explorer” in Most Frequent List of Start menu.

“Explorer.exe” is a Windows System File. “Windows Explorer” provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. It presents the user interface on the monitor and enables the user to control the computer.

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 application.

However, if you want to get the application 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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Don't show explorer in Most Frequent List.reg

The ".reg" file can hide the "Windows Explorer" from the Most Frequent List.

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Show explorer in Most Frequent List (Default).reg

The ".reg" file can show the "Windows Explorer" in the Most Frequent List.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\explorer.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 "Windows Explorer" option is not visible in the Start menu after the changes have been made in the registry.

The "Windows Explorer" option 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\explorer.exe\] key, right click on the blank side in the right pane and click on "New > String Value".

Finally, the created String value will look like this.