Hi everybody,

i'll try to be as explicative as i can

when we install Windows XP, at the 1st boot we have our Start Menu in XP style (looks better than Classic style for me so it's good )...

...but there are icons which are placed automatically, such as Tour, movie maker, WMP,...

i have taken a screenshot of mine at this moment to show you :

So at the 1st XP boot, some icons are presents (microsoft products : tour, movie maker, ...).

And i'm looking for a method to remove them before the 1st boot. I don't want any icons in fact.

Furthermore, in my unattended XP CD i removed the Tour, but icons are still shown in the start menu when Windows XP boots

somebody can help me ?

thx.

If you take a look at the registry key

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

You can set various Start Menu settings such as;

NoSimpleStartMenu = Disable the new simple Start Menu

NoStartMenuPinnedList = Remove pinned programs list from the Start menu

NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList = Remove frequent programs list from the Start Menu

ClearRecentDocsOnExit = Clear history of recent documents on exit

The last 2 are interesting for what you want to do - maybe ClearStartMenuMFUprogramsList or ClearMFUprogramsList

If you take a look at the registry key

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

You can set various Start Menu settings such as;

NoSimpleStartMenu = Disable the new simple Start Menu

NoStartMenuPinnedList  = Remove pinned programs list from the Start menu

NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList = Remove frequent programs list from the Start Menu

ClearRecentDocsOnExit = Clear history of recent documents on exit

The last 2 are interesting for what you want to do - maybe ClearStartMenuMFUprogramsList or ClearMFUprogramsList

thank you i will try this.

There's onmly way fix - StartMenuInit, set it to 2 to clear all icons on first boot.

-gosh

i've added this registry tweak in my general registry tweaks file :

(this file is part of my "tweaks.bat" file)

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

"StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002

i don't have time to test with wmware now, but i'll test it soon.

note:

i 've noticed that in my actual Windows XP registry this "StartMenuInit" is already set on "2".

and when i boot my computer the startmenu items are presents.

it's strange.

maybe it change when it's the 1st boot of the system.

i'll see

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

this is the one

No_Instrumentation.reg

thx a lot siwpack

i'll try this tomorrow

any time

no tour:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;disable baloon tour

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]"RunCount"=dword:00000000

disable_baloon_tour.reg

i'll test it tomorrow

ty

what about showing a determinate number of frecuently programs?? for example show only 3 or 4 shortcuts to frecuent programs

what about showing a determinate number of frecuently programs?? for example show only 3 or 4 shortcuts to frecuent programs

i like to know that to

"Start_MinMFU"=4 sets minimum size of MFU list, this will not clear predefined MFU list.

"StartMenuInit"=2 will stop startMenu pop up on user logon. when manually set "StartMenuInit"=1, it will re-initialize start menu, clear pinned list but IE/OE, MFU list will be reset to predefined MFU list. then "StartMenuInit" will set to 2 automatically.

"NoInstrumentation"=1 disables windows user tracking, it will clear MFU list, and stop MFU/recent document working. if you need MFU/recentDocs, dont set this policy.

so let me get this straight

if I want to have 10 frequent programs listed on start menu, I set

"Start_MinMFU"=10

if I want to clear the frequent programs list during windows setup, I set

"StartMenuInit"=2

?

#1 yes... 10 seems too large... when start menu opens, it's a huge window, and the rightColumn's position varies.

#2 no... i cant figure out how to clear only predefined MFU list. "StartMenuInit"=2 is the normal working state, "StartMenuInit"=1 reset the start menu to its initial state(2 pinned IE/OE, 4 predefined MFU list). if you hate MFU list, the only way i know is setting "NoInstrumentation"=1, tho it also stops MFU/recentDocs.

i set "NoInstrumentation"=1 on my own unattended disc, tho it stops MFU/recentDocs, but i use pinned list as MFU/second quick launchbar.