Remove Downloads link from Start Menu
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Start Menu and Taskbar
Supported on
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Supported OS tags: Windows7, WindowsServer2008R2

This policy setting allows you to remove the Downloads link from the Start Menu. If you enable this policy setting, the Start Menu does not show a link to the Downloads folder. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Downloads link is available from the Start Menu.

Internal name
NoStartMenuDownload
Policy ID
02e9507b4383
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
NoStartMenuDownloads
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
NoStartMenuDownloads
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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