Disable Context Menu in Windows Start Menu
There are two built-in options in Windows 11/10 to enable or disable right-clicking on the Windows 11/10 Start menu. These are:
1] Using GPEDIT
This built-in option is present in Enterprise and Pro editions of Windows 10. The home users can still use this option by installing Group Policy in the Home edition manually. After that, use these steps: First of all, launch GPEDIT. Now, access the Start menu and Taskbar folder. The path is:
Double-click on the Disable context menus in the Start Menu setting. It will open a new window. There, click on the Enabled radio button, and save this setting using OK.
Now right-click on some program or app in the Start menu, it won’t work. You can re-enable right-click options for the Start menu by following the above steps and selecting the Not Configured option.
2] Using Registry Editor
This option is present in all editions of Windows 11/10. The steps are as follows: Open REGEDIT or Registry Editor window. After that, go to the Explorer key. Here is the path:
Create a DWORD (32-bit) value with a name DisableContextMenusInStart. You can do this by opening the right-click menu on the empty area and using the DWORD (32-Bit) Value option.
Double-click that value and it will open a box. In the Value data field, add 1, and press OK. Right-click menus in the Start menu are disabled.
To turn on or enable the right-click context menus in the Start menu again, follow the steps mentioned above, and add 0 in the Value data field. To enable the context menu again, simply reverse the changes. Hope the steps covered in this post help enable or disable right-click options in the Start menu.
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