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Display the “Favorites” menu item from the Start menu.

This setting can show the “Favorites” menu item from the Start menu, if it is currently hidden.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Description:

“Favorites” is a menu in Internet Explorer that is used to store Web pages bookmarked by the user. The Web pages are saved to have a quick access at a later time. The “Favorites” menu can be accessed from Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer and Start menu.

Generally, the “Favorites” item does not appear on the Start menu. But, if you want to display it in your simple Start menu or Classic Start menu, you have this registry setting.

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

Now, right-click and modify the value to “1” which can show the “Favorites” folder in the Start menu. However, if you want to hide the folder back, change the value to “0”.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Favorites available in StartMenu.reg

The '.reg' file can show Favorites in Start menu.

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Favorites hidden in StartMenu (Default).reg

The '.reg' file can hide Favorites in Start menu by default.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

StartMenuFavorites

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.

Start menu folder 'Favorites' is visible.

Start menu folder 'Favorites' is hidden by default.

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

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\] Now, right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "StartMenuFavorites" in "Advanced" key.

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

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