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Author:  Jazzer [ Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:11 am ]
Post subject:  Customizing win7 style start menu with gpo
I trying to remove some stuff from the start menu win7 style also add some stuff too preferbly only with gpo.

What I want to remove is:
Music (Muziek)
Games (ontspanning)
Recent items (Recent geopende items)
Control Panel (configuratiescherm)
PC-Settings (Pc-instellingen)
Devices and Printers (apparaten en printers)
Standard Programs (standaard programma's)

What I want to add is:
The users download folder




The left empty space, can I use that for pinned programs? I would want shortcuts there to browsers, office applications and maybe some links to websites.

Thanks,

Btw I tried searching the forum for removing recent items, but if I enter that in the search field it tells me the words are to common :)
Btw2 this is windows 10 ltsb 2016
Author:  Gaurav [ Thu Mar 23, 2017 4:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Customizing win7 style start menu with gpo
Yes everything you asked is possible.

To remove Recent items, open Start Menu Settings. In the Search box at the top, type: recent and pick Don't Show for "Show recent or frequent programs".

You can right click ANYTHING - a file, a program EXE or a shortcut, or a folder and choose "Pin to Start Menu (Classic Shell)." To pin a website, right click on any existing pinned item and choose "New shortcut" (just above Properties) in the context menu. A new shortcut wizard will open where you can type the URL of the website and give it a name.

Here is how you can add or remove items using GPO: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3374
Author:  Jazzer [ Thu Mar 23, 2017 4:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Customizing win7 style start menu with gpo
I followed that guide, but it looked not the way i was expecting
Author:  Jazzer [ Fri Mar 24, 2017 1:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Customizing win7 style start menu with gpo
So here is what I did and how the outcome is.

login as user with classic start menu 1 column (before I started I made sure to click reset all settings)
Here is the default look:


Then I removed some stuff from the current menu items pane:




So here is how it looks in classic:


Now I go to the regedit and copy the content of HKCU\Software\Ivosoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings\MenuItems1

I paste it on my server in the group policy called Menu items for the Windows 7 style.
Now I log in with a user that gets that policy and start menu looks like this:


And I want it to look more like this:


So what am I doing wrong that causes the layout to turn out so differently?
Author:  Gaurav [ Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Customizing win7 style start menu with gpo
You must choose the same style that you want to use in your GPO settings. If you want to use Windows 7 style, first open Classic Start Menu Settings and go the first tab called "Start Menu Style". Pick Windows 7 style there. Then go to the Customize Start Menu tab and add or remove items as you want.

In the Registry, the value you need to copy for Windows 7 style is: MenuItems7, not MenuItems1.

MenuItems1=Classic single column or just "Classic style"
MenuItems2=Classic with two columns
MenuItems7=Windows 7 style

Throughout all steps, you must pick a style and stick with it.
Author:  Jazzer [ Mon Mar 27, 2017 4:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Customizing win7 style start menu with gpo
That was it! Thanks :)

Maybe I need a new topic for this question but...

In gpo i have set the shutdown options to logoff, shutdown, restart. But when I press alt+f4 all the other options are still available, is there something i can do about that?
Author:  Ivo [ Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Customizing win7 style start menu with gpo
The Alt+F4 dialog is part of Windows. You have to look at the OS's own GPOs.
Author:  Jazzer [ Thu Mar 30, 2017 11:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Customizing win7 style start menu with gpo
I know and have set those, unfortunatly the GPO's are only per computer and not per user(group). But OK I learn to live with that :roll:

One last thing, I believe it is not a classic shell thing but more of a google thing but maybe someone knows.
Can I get rid of this "side-dropdown" menu
Author:  Ivo [ Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Customizing win7 style start menu with gpo
The "side-dropdown" is called a jumplist. Look for the "Enable jumplists" setting in the Main Menu tab.
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