Remove Games link from Start Menu
- Policy ID
- NoGamesFolderOnStartMenu
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Start Menu and Taskbar
Description
If you enable this policy the start menu will not show a link to the Games folder.
If you disable or do not configure this policy, the start menu will show a link to the Games folder, unless the user chooses to remove it in the start menu control panel.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- NoStartMenuMyGamesREG_DWORD