Policy

Prevent users from customizing their Start Screen

This policy setting allows you to prevent users from changing their Start screen layout. If you enable this setting, you will prevent a user from selecting an app, resizing a tile, pinning/unpinning a tile or a secondary tile, entering the customize mode and rearranging tiles within Start and Apps. If you disable or do not configure this setting, you will allow a user to select an app, resize a tile, pin/unpin a tile or a secondary tile, enter the customize mode and rearrange tiles within Start and Apps.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Start Menu and Taskbar
Policy ID 6edc244a48c5
Internal name NoChangeStartMenu

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoChangeStartMenu (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoChangeStartMenu (disabled) = 0
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoChangeStartMenu (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoChangeStartMenu (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to prevent users from changing their Start screen layout. If you enable this setting, you will prevent a user from selecting an app, resizing a tile, pinning/unpinning a tile or a secondary tile, entering the customize mode and rearranging tiles within Start and Apps. If you disable or do not configure this setting, you will allow a user to select an app, resize a tile, pin/unpin a tile or a secondary tile, enter the customize mode and rearrange tiles within Start and Apps.

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