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Removing "Pin to Start" from the Windows Metro Start Menu (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/windows10

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Does anyone have any idea how to actually achieve this? I've tried a variety of registry entries, nothing seems to work thus far. Managed to remove it from the classic context menu, but not the metro start menu. My biggest contender was the NoStartMenuPinnedList reg entry from Win7, but that doesn't work either.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoStartMenuPinnedList"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoStartMenuPinnedList"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoStartMenuPinnedList"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoStartMenuPinnedList"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoStartMenuPinnedList"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoStartMenuPinnedList"=dword:00000001

Worked on 7, but doesn't in 10...

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But why

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't like programs being pinned there 🤷... and I don't like the pinning option in general.

[–] stoicmaverick 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No! You need to give us three valid reasons why this is necessary, and provide 2 professional, non-familial character references, who share your opinions on this matter before we'll consider sending you a link to an outdated, fifteen page deep StackOverflow post which, allegedly, contains the information you seek. Please note that the references you provide WILL be contacted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣, good one 🤣...

I wouldn't have bothered others for this, but since now Windows also has a PIN, most search results are regarding that 😔... not to mention that people gave up on tweaking Windows, so did I... it's an endless cat and mouse game.

I mostly run Linux nowadays, I just noticed the other day that I've never actually been able to solve this, so I thought I'd give it a shot 🤷.

[–] Crackhappy 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I celebrate your wildly inappropriate and inexcusable predilection for delving deep into things absolutely no one else cares about. Go You! Love you my friend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

You should see what the Russians do with Windows installs, lol 🤣🤣🤣. I'm not even an amateur compared to them.