{"id":862,"date":"2018-02-25T10:04:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T10:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=862"},"modified":"2018-02-25T10:04:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T10:04:49","slug":"disable-context-menus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/remove\/disable-context-menus\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Context Menus in the Start Menu in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Windows 10, the Start menu is completely different. It has nothing common with the its previous implementations. The new OS combines the list of installed apps with Live Tiles and shortcuts pinned to the right pane. Items in the Start menu come with a context menu which allows performing various actions like <b>Pin to taskbar<\/b>, <b>Uninstall<\/b>, etc. You may want to disable context menus in the start menu. Here is how to do it using the <b>Group Policy<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Disable Context Menus in the Start Menu in Windows 10:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, open the <b>Registry Editor<\/b>. To do so, just press Win+R, type <b>regedit.exe<\/b> and press OK.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-open-registry-editor.png\" alt=\"windows-10-open-registry-editor\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then go to the Registry key <b><i>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer<\/i><\/b>. If you do not have such a key, then just create it.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/windows-10-find-explorer-registry-key.png\" alt=\"windows-10-find-explorer-registry-key\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: After that,  create a new 32-bit DWORD value <b>DisableContextMenusInStart<\/b> and set it to 1 to disable the context menus.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/windows-10-disable-context-menus-start-menu.png\" alt=\"windows 10 disable context menus in start menu\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: At last, restart your Windows 10 to make the changes take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Disable Context Menus in the Start Menu in Windows 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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