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Disable the shortcut of “Freecell” game in new Start menu (For All Users).

The Most Frequent List in new Start menu displays the application names that are regularly used. This setting can disable the shortcut of the game “Freecell” from appearing in the list.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows Vista

Description:

Windows displays the most frequently accessed programs, in left panel of the new Start menu called Most Frequent List. This list makes the program accessibility comfortable for users. But, with this setting you can disable the shortcut of the game “Freecell” in Most Frequent List of Start menu.

“Freecell” is a card game in the entertainment pack under Programs > Games in the Start menu. “Freecell.exe” is the executable program for this game.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. If any of the subkeys “Applications\freecell.exe” is not present, create it as explained below. Then, create a string value “NoStartPage”, if this value does not exists, and leave the data blank. This removes the shortcut to the game.

However, if you want to get the game shortcut back in Start menu, delete the subkey “freecell.exe”.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

NOTE:
The restrictions will apply on all user accounts created on your system.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Freecell.exe

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\Freecell.exe\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

NoStartPage

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

“Freecell" is hidden from the Start menu.

“Freecell" is visible in the Start menu by default.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Applications\] and create a new key "Freecell.exe".

Now, create a String value as "NoStartPage".

Keep the value data blank to disable “Freecell” link to appear in the 'Start Menu'.