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Hello,

I am looking for a tool, a VBS script or a registry file for forcing start menu to XP start menu !

It is for updating in one command lots of computers.

Thank you for your help by advance !


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If you're on a domain, this can be done easily through group policy under:

User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar

"Force classic Start Menu" = Disabled

The following reg key controls the start menu type as well:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer]
"NoSimpleStartMenu"=dword:00000000

A dword value of 1 forces the classic view and disables XP view (the opposite of what you are asking), however I'm not 100% sure if a value of 0 forces the default XP view, or just enables it as an option.

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I already see this registry key ...

But unfortunaly, it doesn't work for me ...

Another idea ? In VBS ?

I suspected that that key might not "force" the use of the standard start menu--and with the expection of using group policy, I haven't seen any way to disable the classic start menu or force the use of the standard one. If a setting could be located that determines this, I'd be happy to demonstate a VBS script that could automate it, but it doesn't seem to exist.

Is there a certain functional reason you're trying to accomplish this, or is it strictly cosmetic?

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