r0sWell Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 Hi everybody,i'll try to be as explicative as i canwhen 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<SparTacuS> Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 If you take a look at the registry keyHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ExplorerYou 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0sWell Posted June 17, 2004 Author Share Posted June 17, 2004 If you take a look at the registry keyHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ExplorerYou 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 ClearMFUprogramsListthank you i will try this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 There's onmly way fix - StartMenuInit, set it to 2 to clear all icons on first boot.-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0sWell Posted June 17, 2004 Author Share Posted June 17, 2004 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:00000002i 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpack Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoInstrumentation"=dword:00000001this is the one No_Instrumentation.reg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0sWell Posted June 17, 2004 Author Share Posted June 17, 2004 thx a lot siwpack i'll try this tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpack Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 any time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpack Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0sWell Posted June 17, 2004 Author Share Posted June 17, 2004 i'll test it tomorrowty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 what about showing a determinate number of frecuently programs?? for example show only 3 or 4 shortcuts to frecuent programs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpack Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 what about showing a determinate number of frecuently programs?? for example show only 3 or 4 shortcuts to frecuent programsi like to know that to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zippy Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 "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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BM]Crusher Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 so let me get this straight if I want to have 10 frequent programs listed on start menu, I set"Start_MinMFU"=10if I want to clear the frequent programs list during windows setup, I set"StartMenuInit"=2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zippy Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 #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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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