Recent content by AGTDenton

So further to this, you can also remove the pinned icons when you select the 'Home' button in File Explorer by deleting the following entries: Please note that this is on 23H2 and it is unknown if an update will at some point re-write these entries, especially in a Feature update...

Ok so something interesting... mine are in slightly different locations for some reason. Deleting the following entries worked for me: Maybe the extra _36354489 is generated during an update??? Without another PC on 23H2 I do not know whether this number is consistent across multiple devices. I...

Lovely, I'll be sure to give these a go in the coming weeks (y) EDIT: Performed a quick test, had a VM available on W11 Pro 23H2. However, the registry value didn't exist in the first place to be able to delete. So unfortunately the pinned icons remain for me. I only had an entry related to...

This is a rather boring one but useful nonetheless to unblock multiple files at once. If you've ever downloaded a large amount of files en mass they will typically have the 'Blocked' attribute checked, especially when you download direct from Microsoft. You can unblock multiple files by using...

Thanks, an interesting tip, but won't help with the Recommended area. Its programs & applications that will be installed over time after install that appear there, rather than initial bloatware. If you see my example of SQL Server appearing in that area, it poses a security risk if users are...

Ok you've touched on something here! I went back to Windows 11 Vanilla + Activated + 1 Local Admin Account I ran the following two scenarios: (to be clear I wiped after each scenario) Scenario 1: I manually set those options in Personalised > Start This worked and I saw the text 'To Show your...

I've not had a test machine up for long enough yet to know. I'll be continuing with other aspects of the build so I'll keep an eye on it and see what it's behaviour is over more time. Thanks for the assistance. I'll be sure to update should I discover anything. Thanks for the reference -...

Sure! So there's a screenshot showing the initial appearance of the the Start Menu after clicking the button, another showing all entries within the More button of the Recommended area and System Info to confirm exact version of Windows. Thanks

Sorry I'd originally misunderstood the intentions of deleting HKCU. I see where you're coming from now. So with regards to HideRecentlyAddedApps I've tried two ways here: Setting both HKLM & HKCU to 1 Setting HKLM to 1 & deleting the HKCU I also checked that after a vanilla install of 22H2...

Thanks I will give that a go! Though on the page: Add or Remove Recently Added apps on Start Menu in Windows 11 Tutorial At section 3 Disable; the example suggests that HKCU is being deleted in favour of HKLM. Annoyingly I've left the office and will be back on Tue to test. Thanks again!

Would HKLM not override HKCU? Or is it that you need both?

Yes, so I have the following Reg Entries: The ECHOs may not be correct as I haven't tidied all that up yet. ECHO - Set start layout to More Pins REG.EXE ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced /v Start_Layout /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f ECHO - Disable Show most used apps...

Thank you, I was missing two from that list: Start_IrisRecommendations & HideRecommendedPersonalizedSites But unfortunately I still have the same effect. I quickly did a clean install and after applying all those registry entries, I installed a piece of Software, but sadly the new software...

So I've done a fair bit of searching and come to the conclusion that without 3rd Party software it is not possible to remove or hide the Recommended Area of the Windows 11 Start Menu. According to numerous posts these 3 options when set to off should keep the Recommended Area clear of icons...

Yeah I used the HubMode (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer) to hide QuickAccess in Windows 10. But in Windows 11 this does not work. And what's annoying, other websites state that it does... though it's possible it worked in earlier versions. I'm only starting my work on...