Mikka

The solution is astoundingly simple: By deleting Startup in both Shell Folders and User Shell Folders (under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer) the StartUp menu item is gone. Perfect—thank you very much.

Hi, I'm looking for means to permanently remove the (empty) StartUp menu item as I don't make use of it (and won't in future). In other words, I'd like to remove the marked entry: A registry tweak would be best: I need this for my BartPE image (XPSP2), i.e. not for the ordinary harddisk installation. Any ideas? P.S.: Previous attempts of mine to execute a del instruction didn't work.

Voilà my debut here. You may add your own entries there, for instance X: or a folder path. Look for the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ComDlg32\Placesbar If it doesn't exist, create it. There should be REG_EXPAND_SZ strings named Place0, Place1, Place2 and so forth. Change their values to your likes, don't forget the trailing backslash when defining drives (i.e. X:\ instead of X:). Places like Desktop, My Computer, My Documents etc. are referenced with numeric codes. HTH Mikka