Prevent users from customizing their Start Screen
- Policy ID
- NoChangeStartMenu
- Scope
- Computer Configuration, User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows 2000
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Start Menu and Taskbar
Description
This policy setting allows you to prevent users from changing their Start screen layout.
If you enable this setting, you will prevent a user from selecting an app, resizing a tile, pinning/unpinning a tile or a secondary tile, entering the customize mode and rearranging tiles within Start and Apps.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, you will allow a user to select an app, resize a tile, pin/unpin a tile or a secondary tile, enter the customize mode and rearrange tiles within Start and Apps.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- NoChangeStartMenu-
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- NoChangeStartMenu-