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Microsoft.Policies.StartMenu• Both

Prevent changes to Taskbar and Start Menu Settings

This policy setting allows you to prevent changes to Taskbar and Start Menu Settings. If you enable this policy setting, The user will be prevented from opening the Taskbar Properties dialog box. If the user right-clicks the taskbar and then clicks Properties, a message appears explaining that a setting prevents the action. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Taskbar and Start Menu items are available from Settings on the Start menu.

Policy Details

Policy Name
NoSetTaskbar
Registry Key
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value Name
NoSetTaskbar
Supported On
At least Windows 2000
OMA-URI (CSP)
ADMX_StartMenu/NoSetTaskbar
OS Build Version:10.0.22000, 10.0.19043.1202, 10.0.19042.1202, 10.0.19041.1202
CSP Version:10.0
Conflict Resolution:LastWrite
Allowed Editions:
EnterpriseEnterprise NProfessionalProfessional NEnterprise EvaluationEnterprise N EvaluationEducationEducation NEnterprise SEnterprise S NEnterprise S EvaluationEnterprise S N EvaluationHolographic BusinessPro Single LanguagePro ChinaPro WorkstationPro Workstation NPro For EducationPro For Education NEnterprisegEnterprisegnServerrdshIotenterpriseIotenterprisesCloudeditionnCloudeditionIotenterpriseskIotenterpriseseval
Available Languages
en-us

Supported Values

Simple Enabled/Disabled toggle controlling whether the value exists under the configured registry key.