Classic Start Menu

[LayZeh]

I cannot explain it, one day i'd made a few modifications to my unattend install and from that point onward it's always installed and defaulted to the windows classic menu (not the theme, just the menu) i've asked on here before posting my winnt.sif and regtweaks for those "in-the-know" to have a quick browse to see if they can spot anything that could be the cause but got what would be best described as a quiet response. I've posted both my winnt.sif and regtweaks below again and would appreciate it if someone could help me get to the bottom of this!

Thanks

Registry Tweaks

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz]

"NoRun"=dword:00000001

;Disables Error Reporting, but notifies when errors occur

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting]

"DoReport"=dword:00000000

;Disable Messenger Service (to block spam. Does not affect MSN or Windows Messenger)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Remote Registry Service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Removes Language Bar

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}]

@="Language bar"

"MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%\\System32\\msutb.dll,-325"

;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads to 10 (default was 2)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]

"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a

"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a

;Change MenuShowDelay (Start Menu load speed)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"MenuShowDelay"="0"

;Remove Shared Documents from My Computer

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}]

;Remove Shortcut Arrows

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]

"IsShortcut"=-

;Allow renaming of Recycle Bin

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]

"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20

"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000

;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]

"RunCount"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]

"RunCount"=dword:00000000

;NoRecentDocsmenu removes the recent documents from the start menu.

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

"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001

;Adds "Empty Recycling Bin" to the right click menu

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]

@="Empty Recycle Bin"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Empty Recycle Bin]

@="{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Empty Recycle Bin]

@="{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Empty Recycle Bin]

@="{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Empty Recycle Bin]

@="{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"

;Disables Indexing Service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\cisvc]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Increases Boot Speed for networked machines

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]

"SynchronousMachineGroupPolicy"=dword:00000000

"SynchronousUserGroupPolicy"=dword:00000000

;Increase IE/Network browsing speeds

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}]

;Deletes Temporary Internet Files On IE close.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache]

"Persistent"=dword:00000000

;Prevents delay opening My Computer/Explorer

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\stisvc]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Sets Control Panel to classic view

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

"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000001

;Increased Memory Utilization

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000000

"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001

"LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000000

"NonPagedPoolQuota"=dword:00000000

"NonPagedPoolSize"=dword:00000000

"PagedPoolQuota"=dword:00000000

"PagedPoolSize"=dword:00000000

"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000000

"SystemPages"=dword:00183000

"PagingFiles"=hex(7):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,70,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,66,00,69,00,6c,\

  00,65,00,2e,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,20,00,37,00,36,00,38,00,20,00,31,00,35,00,\

  33,00,36,00,00,00,00,00

"PhysicalAddressExtension"=dword:00000000

"SessionViewSize"=dword:00000030

"SessionPoolSize"=dword:00000004

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]

"VideoInitTime"=dword:00000474

"EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003

"AppLaunchMaxNumPages"=dword:00000fa0

"AppLaunchMaxNumSections"=dword:000000aa

"AppLaunchTimerPeriod"=hex:80,69,67,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff

"BootMaxNumPages"=dword:0001f400

"BootMaxNumSections"=dword:00000ff0

"BootTimerPeriod"=hex:00,f2,d8,f8,ff,ff,ff,ff

"MaxNumActiveTraces"=dword:00000008

"MaxNumSavedTraces"=dword:00000008

"RootDirPath"="Prefetch"

"HostingAppList"="DLLHOST.EXE,MMC.EXE,RUNDLL32.EXE"

;Enables Keys F13, F14 & F15 on Apple Pro Keyboards

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]

"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,37,e0,64,00,\

  46,00,65,00,46,e0,66,00,00,00,00,00

;Fixes renaming issue with AVI files

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32]

;Put my computer my network places my documents on the desktop

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]

"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

"{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000

"{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

;Disable Automatic Updates

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable System Restore Service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\srservice]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Right-Click Move-To

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To]

@="{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

;Speed up shutdown

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"HungAppTimeout"="5000"

"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="4000"

;Broadband Tweak for Windows XP

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize="256960"

TcpWindowSize="256960"

Tcp1323Opts="1"

DefaultTTL="64"

EnablePMTUDiscovery="1"

EnablePMTUBHDetect="0"

SackOpts="1"

TcpMaxDupAcks="2"

MTU="1500"

HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020

"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020

"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020

;Disables the sound icon

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\SysTray]

"Services"=dword:0000001b

;This allows boot files to be placed optimally on the hard-drive for faster boots.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction]

"Enable"="Y"

;disable the "search-dog"

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

"Use Search Asst"="no"

;Sorts My Computer Above My Documents

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]

"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054

;Removes Sign up with Passport Wizard when trying to sign in MSN Messenger

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Passport]

"RegistrationCompleted"=dword:00000001

;Speed-up Access to AVI Media Files

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}]

;Recycle-Bin Delete Confirmation Is No Longer Displayed

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

"ShellState"=hex:24,00,00,00,37,88,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

01,00,00,00,0d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00

;Disable "Send To" menu

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To]

@=""

;delete alexa (spy-reg)-keys

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a}]

;Disable Default Hidden Shares

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters]

"AutoShareWks"=dword:00000000

;Added "Device Manager" to the right click menu of 'My Computer'

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Device Manager]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Device Manager\command]

@=hex(2):6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,59,00,53,\

00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,54,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,\

54,00,45,00,4d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,64,00,65,00,76,00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,\

00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00

;Auto-accepts WMP9's licence agreement

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer]

"GroupPrivacyAcceptance"=dword:00000001

winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]    AutoPartition=0

    MsDosInitiated="0"

    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

    Repartition=No

    OemPreinstall=Yes

    UnattendSwitch="No"

    UnattendMode=FullUnattended

    OemSkipEula=Yes

    OemPreinstall=Yes

    TargetPath=WINXP

    WaitForReboot="No"

    KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"

    OemPnPDriversPath="DRIVERS\MONITOR;DRIVERS\PROCESSOR"

[shell]

    CustomDefaultThemeFile="%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\Radiance.Theme"

[GuiUnattended]

    AdminPassword=e52cac67419a9a224a3b108f3fa6cb6d8846f7eaee8fb117ad06bdd830b7586c

    EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes

    OEMSkipRegional=1

    TimeZone=85

    OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

    ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

    FullName="Windows User"

    OrgName="N/A"

    ComputerName=Desktop

[Display]

    BitsPerPel=32

    Xresolution=1024

    YResolution=768

    Vrefresh=75

[RegionalSettings]

    LanguageGroup=1

    SystemLocale=00000809

    UserLocale=00000809

    InputLocale=0809:00000809

[identification]

    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]

    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]

    msmsgs=off

    msnexplr=off

    spider=off

    solitaire=off

    pinball=off

    minesweeper=off

    hearts=off

    freecell=off

    zonegames=off

[GuiRunOnce]

    %systemdrive%\install\tasks.cmd

[GreenMachine]

Hmmmmmm.....

[XtremeMaC]

i don't see what could be messing it up it all seems correct except this

........

DefaultTTL="64"

EnablePMTUDiscovery="1"

EnablePMTUBHDetect="0"

SackOpts="1"

TcpMaxDupAcks="2"

MTU="1500"

HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020

"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020

"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020

u don't have brackets around those "[]" maybe it doesn't read the rest of it properly or something???

[codeblue]

I get the same problem LayZeh. The problem is in my Regtweeks.reg entries somewhere. I have just found this discrepency in one of mine and your tweeks and the same entry found on the Kelly's XP Corner site.

Our entry

;Sets Control Panel to classic view

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000001

Kelly's entry

;Classic View Disable

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000000

Both these options try to set the control pannel to the classic view, but which one is right. I work on a Windows 97'se machine at work so i cant cheek it out.

Kelly's entry was from this tweek:

;Classic View Disable

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoSimpleStartMenu"=dword:00000000

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

"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

"LogonType"=dword:00000001

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

"WebView"=dword:00000001

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

"ClassicShell"=dword:00000000

Whether this will solve the classic start menu problem i will investigate later.

[LayZeh]

Thanks for the responses guys, i'll try removing that regtweak and replacing it with the one you posted.

[Jotnar]

"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000000

This will turn off the classic control panel. Think of it this way... 0 is off and 1 is on.

Cheers