Policy

Clear the recent programs list for new users

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Supported onWindows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows7, WindowsServer2008, WindowsVista

If you enable this policy setting, the recent programs list in the start menu will be blank for each new user. If you disable or do not configure this policy, the start menu recent programs list will be pre-populated with programs for each new user.

Internal name
ClearRecentProgForNewUserInStartMenu
Policy ID
2cb6e3b25f66
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\ClearRecentProgForNewUserInStartMenuREG_DWORD
1
0

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