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How can I disable personalized menus?
John Savill
April 16, 2000
1 Min Read
A. Personalized menus (or IntelliMenus as they are alsoknown) are a new addition to Windows 2000 which only display the most commonlyused shortcuts on your Programs and Favorites Start menu. If you find thisannoying and not required it can be disabled by performing the following:
Click the Start button
Select Settings and select 'TaskBar & Start Menu'
Select the General tab
Unselect 'Use Personalized Menus'
Click here to view imageClick Apply and then OK
This can also be done by directly editing the registry:
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced
Double click IntelliMenus (or create of type String if it does not exist)
Set to Yes to enable personalized menus or No to disable
Click OK
Close the registry editor
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