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[raju145in]

Hi to all, Iam new to this forum ,
I have a doubt , im developing dot net application to a client, I want to disable start menu functionality .
I have done in Vista by removing
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{a2a9545d-a0c2-42b4-9708-a0b2badd77c8}")
value.

But In windows7 im getting erroe while deleting this value.

Please give me suggestions.
Thanks in Advance.
Raj

 

[logicearth]

Disable start menu functionality? Huh?

 

[Dzomlija]

Hi to all, Iam new to this forum ,
I have a doubt , im developing dot net application to a client, I want to disable start menu functionality .
I have done in Vista by removing
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{a2a9545d-a0c2-42b4-9708-a0b2badd77c8}")
value.

But In windows7 im getting erroe while deleting this value.

Please give me suggestions.
Thanks in Advance.
Raj

Why on earth would you need to disable the start menu???

 

[raju145in]

Hi logic earth,
Is it possible disabling start menu ?

 

[Phase]

Theres a program called ''Disable Startup'' it should be a freeware if I remember correctly, try Googling it, I think it will help you out.

 

[Dzomlija]

I also pretty sure that you can achieve the same result by using local security policies and such, which would be the recommended way as opposed to blindly deleting registry values...

 

[raju145in]

Thanks for reply mate...

 

[gladson1976]

Theres a program called ''Disable Startup'' it should be a freeware if I remember correctly, try Googling it, I think it will help you out.

If you are talking about "Start Killer", then it will only hide the start orb, you can still access the start menu by pressing the [WIN] key

 

[raju145in]

Hi gladson,
I know about start killer and using now. and im disabling win keys by code also. in windows 7 when we clik on start menu place , the menu showing again. i want to disable that functionality also. Could make it posible ...

 

[gladson1976]

Hi gladson,
I know about start killer and using now. and im disabling win keys by code also. in windows 7 when we clik on start menu place , the menu showing again. i want to disable that functionality also. Could make it posible ...

As I said, Start Killer will only hide the start orb. You can still click on the location to get the start menu.

 

[raju145in]

Gladson,
i want to disable click on the location to get the start menu
disable entire start menu.

 

[TGSoldier]

Gladson,
i want to disable click on the location to get the start menu
disable entire start menu.

I also pretty sure that you can achieve the same result by using local security policies and such, which would be the recommended way as opposed to blindly deleting registry values...

Pretty much what he said.

 

[raju145in]

what is local security policies, i dint get exact what u said ?

 

[Dzomlija]

what is local security policies, i dint get exact what u said ?

Click the Start Orb, type "Local" into the search box (without quotes), then click on "Local Security Policies" in the search results...

 

[raju145in]

Hey Dzomlija ,
i got local security policies window, But i couldn't seen any option to disable start menu. Its an urgent task for me .

 

[raju145in]

How to remove Show desktop in Taskbar?

Hi to all,
How to remove/disable show desktop on Taskbar (after notification area)

 

[Dzomlija]

Hey Dzomlija ,
i got local security policies window, But i couldn't seen any option to disable start menu. Its an urgent task for me .

Instead of disabling the Start Menu (which I don't think can be done, btw), have you instead rather tried just replacing the Windows Shell (explorer.exe) with an alternate. In other words, with you application.

I've seen it done with some Point Of Sale systems to prevent cashiers from doing anything else other than P.O.S.

 

[raju145in]

Thanks for suggestion Dzomlija, and my application for Hotel Users .
But i have done start menu disabling in XP and Vista Systems . thats why i am searching for Windows 7. and its not a big deal to change explorer.exe throght resource hacker.

 

[gladson1976]

Control Panel -> Taskbar and Start Menu -> Uncheck "Use Aero Peek to preview the desktop". This will disable Aero Peek

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/838-aero-peek-turn-off.html

 

[raju145in]

Thanks Gladson ,
its done. but is it possible disable click option on that button ???