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Remove Favorites from the Start Menu (All Windows)
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This tweak allows you to remove the Favorites folder from the Start Menu.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'NoFavoritesMenu' and set the value to '1' to disable the Favorites folder.

Exit you registry and restart for the change to take effect.

Note: This restriction can be used either on a user by user basis by adding it to HKEY_CURRENT_USER or on a computer wide basis by adding it to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|NoFavoritesMenuREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
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|HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Exp...|
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Settings:
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Name: NoFavoritesMenu
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = show favorites, 1 = no favorites)

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: February 19, 2003

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