Don’t like the pinned program list in the Start Menu? We do—so we don’t need to scroll—but some people don’t like it. Use this Registry edit to get rid of it.
Navigate to:
HCU\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer
And to:
HLM\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer
Change the DWORD value of NoStartMenuPinnedList to 1 to remove the pinned programs list. The default is 0. The hange should happen immediately, but as usual, if it doesn’t, just restart!
This will also remove the Internet and E-mail Programs. Also, it only applies to the XP Start Menu and not the Classic Start Menu.
