Hide recommended section in the start menu

Start Menu & SearchMinimum Windows Build: 22621Revertible

This will hide the recommended section in the start menu, which shows recently added apps, recently opened files and app recommendations. This feature uses policies, which will lock down certain settings.

Code to Apply

Hide recommended section in the start menuRegistry
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]

"HideRecommendedSection"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\Start]

"HideRecommendedSection"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\Education]

"IsEducationEnvironment"=dword:00000001

; Change start menu layout to show more pins

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"Start_Layout"=dword:00000001

Code to Revert

Show recommended section in the start menuRegistry
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]

"HideRecommendedSection"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\Start]

"HideRecommendedSection"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\Education]

"IsEducationEnvironment"=dword:00000000

; Set start menu layout to default

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"Start_Layout"=dword:00000000

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