This post regards the apparent bug found when trying to remove the "Lock" option in the Shut Down menu of the "Windows 7 style" Classic Shell Menu 4.0.2 in Windows 8.1. As far as I know, there is no configuration option for the removal. Also, I searched the forum for an answer, but I couldn't find one.
Using tweaks to Windows 7's operating system that worked with Windows 7's built-in Start menu, I was able to remove the "Hibernate", "Switch User", and "Log off" options from the "Windows 7 style" Classic Shell Menu in Windows 8.1. These were the tweaks, and the computer was restarted after them to make absolutely sure that the registry changes took effect:
- Disabled hibernation by running "powercfg.exe /hibernate off" (without quotes) at a command prompt with administrator privileges
- In the registry, navigated to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Policies > System, and then created a new DWORD value called HideFastUserSwitching and set its value to 1
- In the registry, navigated to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Policies > Explorer, and then created a new DWORD value called StartMenuLogOff and set its value to 1
In Windows 7, I was able to disable (gray out) the "Lock" option using this registry edit:
In the registry, navigated to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Policies > System, and then created a new DWORD value called DisableLockWorkstation and set its value to 1
However, it had no effect (visually or functionally) on the "Lock" option in the "Windows 7 style" Classic Shell Menu in Windows 8.1, so I undid this registry tweak.
As in Windows 7, though, I was able to remove the "Lock" option from the Windows Security (Ctrl+Alt+Del) screen using this registry modification:
In the registry, navigated to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Policies, created a new Key called System, and then, inside that key, created a new DWORD value called DisableLockWorkstation and set its value to 1
That worked to disable the "Lock" option in the "Windows 7 style" Classic Shell Menu in Windows 8.1, but the "Lock" option is still visible in the Shut Down menu without being grayed out.
Is it a bug that I was able to remove "Switch User" and "Log off" in Windows 8.1 using the same registry modifications that disabled those options in Windows 7, but a similar registry tweak for disabling "Lock" in Windows 7's Start menu does nothing in Classic Shell's Start menu in Windows 8.1?
I would like to remove the "Lock" option from the Shut Down menu of the "Windows 7 style" Start menu in Windows 8.1. How can this be done?
Thank you very much for the help. Classic Shell is AWESOME!
