Disable context menus in the Start Menu

Policy ID: DisableContextMenusInStart
Scope: Computer Configuration, User Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1803
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Start Menu and Taskbar

Description

This policy allows you to prevent users from being able to open context menus in the Start Menu.

If you enable this policy, then invocations of context menus within the Start Menu will be ignored.

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer View registry values

DisableContextMenusInStart-

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer View registry values

DisableContextMenusInStart-

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