NoCommonGroups

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0

Description

Removes items in the All Users profile from the Programs menu on the Start menu. Only items in the current user's user profile appear.

This entry stores the setting of the Remove common program groups from Start Menu Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the system behaves as though the value is 0.

Value Meaning
0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or not configured. The Programs menu contains items from the All Users profile and items from the current user's user profile.
1 The policy is enabled. Only items in the current user's user profile appear in the Programs menu.

Change method

To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy. This entry corresponds to the Remove common program groups from Start Menu policy (User Configuration\AdministrativeTemplates\Start Menu & Taskbar).

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To see the Programs menu items in the All Users profile, on the system drive, go to Documents and Settings\All Users (WINNT)\Start Menu\Programs.

For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the Group Policy Reference (Gp.chm) on the Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion CD.

For general information about Group Policy, see Group Policy in Windows 2000 Help.

To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy Reference Table.