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Article ID: 218633 - Last Review: January 24, 2007 - Revision: 1.3
Favorites Menu Is Still Displayed After Being Disabled with a System Policy
This article was previously published under Q218633
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Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
After you use System Policy Editor to create a policy to hide
the
Favorites menu by clicking to select the
Remove Favorites from Start Menu check box, the
Favorites menu still appears after rebooting. However, other parts of this policy may function properly.
This problem occurs because System Policy Editor updates the following incorrect registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve
problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk.
To work around this problem:
- Use Registry Editor to view the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
- Create a new DWORD value named NoFavoritesMenu with a value of 1.
- Restart your computer.
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 95
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