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 path: 

Start Menu and Taskbar

Scope: 

User

Supported on: 

At least Windows 2000

Registry settings: 

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

Filename: 

StartMenu.admx

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