Who can get this start menu tweak?! =O

So I have a simple problem. But apparently the solution is not simple. OR MAYBE IT IS. I DON'T KNOW.


Sooooooo.....



Who knows how to make it so these four icons don't appear in Start Menu's More Programs? They're created every time you add a new user to the system. I WANT THEM TO NEVER EXIST. I would really like to make an install cd of xp that will never have Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Remote Assistance, and Windows Media Player in the Start Menu's Program folder by default.

Show me ur moves, guys! =O

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Nooooo.... you don't get me. I know how to remove them by hand. I know where they are located. How do you think I fancypants'd the start menu to look all organized and stuff? What I want is so that when a new user creates an account on the computer those four shortcuts will not be put into their start menu's program folder. They do this by default and I have not found a way how to prevent this from happening. I would prefer if I could find a way to do this on an xp install disc.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Kaleb I was only half responding to you. I didn't catch the "Default User" bit. That's actually kind of helpful. There's a problem to that though.

In "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs" there exist only two of the four shortcuts I wish to destroy: Remote Assistance and Windows Media Player. It's awesome that I can delete these and they won't bother me again but what about Internet Explorer and Outlook Express? Why do those shortcuts keep getting made? They aren't in Default User.


Solozar, I am using nlite. I'm not going to go and remove Internet Explorer or Outlook Express from being installed though. That can cause issues.

RYU, I looked that little registry trick up and I keep seeing that it's the solution for preventing applications from appearing in the frequently used applications area of the Start Menu. I want them not to appear in Start Menu's All Programs area. I'll try it out for Internet Explorer though since I can't find Outlook Express in the registry.

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Just tried these things out.

RYU, I tried [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\i explore.exe]
"NoStartPage"="" and that did nothing.

Kaleb, your trick worked for preventing Remote Assistance from making a shortcut when I created a new user but Windows Media Player still made a shortcut in the Start Menu.

Somewhere somehow Windows is making Windows Media Player, Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer shortcuts in the Start Menu everytime I create a new user and I still can't figure out how to prevent it.

Halp guyz.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Yes, but removing Outlook Express completely from the system can cause issues. Certain applications unrelated to Outlook Express use it for various things. Also, I don't want to remove IE7.

Yes, removal of these things may have them cease to make shortcuts for new users since they won't exist but it isn't my goal to remove these programs from the system.

Thanks though, Zergrinch. =)

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russ, I will have to try this out the next opportunity I get. I'll tell you if it works. =)))

How ya doing, buddy?

russ, I just wanted to note that your solution did solve my problem for the most part. The only thing it won't do is get rid of that Outlook Express shortcut from being made but it's wonderful otherwise. One little shortcut won't bother me too much.

A thing to note though as you are basically copying a profile to the 't' is that when Microsoft Office asks you for your name and such the copied profile will remember that name. So unless you haven't set up a name for that initial profile it's going to use the name you gave it in any new account made. Basically the next time I do this I'll do the Windows Update for Office after I've copied the profile. Otherwise everything worked out perfectly.

Thanks so much, russ! =D

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