Internet Explorer Help Menu Restrictions (All Windows)

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Internet Explorer Help Menu Restrictions (All Windows)
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The menu items with the Internet Explorer "Help" menu can be individually removed or the menu disabled completely using this tweak.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create new DWORD values, or modify the existing values, from the list below setting them to equal "1" to enable the restriction or "0" to disable the restriction.

NoHelpMenu - Disable the entire help menu

NoHelpItemNetscapeHelp - Remove the "For Netscape Users" menu item

NoHelpItemSendFeedback - Remove the "Send Feedback" menu item

NoHelpItemTipOfTheDay - Remove the "Tip of the Day" menu item

NoHelpItemTutorial - Remove the "Tour" (Tutorial) menu item

Restart Internet Explorer for the changes to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
NoHelpMenu	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
NoHelpItemNetscapeHelp	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
NoHelpItemSendFeedback	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
NoHelpItemTipOfTheDay	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
NoHelpItemTutorial	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrict...

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
Restrictions]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
Restrictions]
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = restriction disabled, 1 = restriction enabled)

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: April 3, 2002

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