Policy

Remove Homegroup link from Start Menu

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 R2 and Windows 7

Supported OS tags: Windows7, WindowsServer2008

If you enable this policy the Start menu will not show a link to Homegroup. It also removes the homegroup item from the Start Menu options. As a result, users cannot add the homegroup link to the Start Menu. If you disable or do not configure this policy, users can use the Start Menu options to add or remove the homegroup link from the Start Menu.

Internal name
NoStartMenuHomegroup
Policy ID
d3fd68733706
Elements
0

Registry values

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

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