Techno Tips n' Trixx

Disabling right click on Start Button

Right clicking on the Start Button pops up a number of menu items like Open, Explore, Search and a few others, on the screen. It is possible to stop these menu items from coming up simply by following the steps below:-

1) Start > Run > "regedit" (without the quotes of course)

2) Search for the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell
Rename the above key from "shell" to "shell.old"

3) Now search for the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\Shell
Rename the above key from "shell" to "shell.old"

4) Exit the Windows registry and restart the Windows session for the change to be applied.