Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted (edited)

Hello,

After my unattended installation completes, i have 3 items listed as favourites on my start-menu...

  • Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
  • Windows Movie Maker
  • Windows Media Player

Is there anyway i can clear these items, i don't want to disable the favourites feature but perhaps there's a regedit that clears the list?

Please advise.

Edited by just_laze

Posted
what will it matter if these entries exist there or not

He doesn't want them there, just that simple. I find them equally useless and distracting. My advice would be "work with RegSnap" to clear the list. And perhaps do some searching. I can't believe this one has not already been asked and answered.

Posted

Hello MGadAllah,

Because it's messy to leave them there?

On first boot (or second if such a registry entry requires a reboot to take) i want my start-menu to look unused, clean, as if it hasn't been used. With 3 programs listed as recently run it doesn't so i want them removed.

Anyone?

Posted

Create a reg file with these entries. Run it on your current system,log off then back on.

I hope it has no side effects if applied while unattended.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage]"FavoritesResolve"=-

"Favorites"=-

"ProgramsCache"=-

Posted

Hello,

This did not work.

I added it to my hkcu.reg file that's executed by cmdlines.txt.

It did not have the desired result, the start-menu items i've never ran were still present on first and second logon.

laze.

Posted (edited)

This is what I use to completely clear the start menu, along the lines of Mazin's suggestion:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage]"FavoritesChanges"=dword:00000002

"ProgramsCache"=hex:ff

"FavoritesResolve"=hex:ff

"Favorites"=hex:ff

I'll say it again . . . if you really want to do this, you're probably going to need to play around with RegSnap.

Edit: I run this after first logon via an AutoIt script followed by a reboot (together with a bunch of other stuff), not certain about cmdlines.txt. Maybe give it a go and post back with your results?

Edited by blinkdt
  • 3 weeks later...
  • 3 weeks later...
Posted

Update:

Rather than delete the offending shortcuts, renaming them has the same effect - they're removed from the Start-Menu's frequently accessed list.

laze.

Posted

Hello!

I will explain, however, it's the holidays right now and I'm a bit short on time. I promise I'll explain as soon as I get a chance, but to sum it up 'for now', it's just basic batch scripting.

laze.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...