Remove Help menu from Start Menu
- Policy ID
- NoHelp
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and 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 remove the Help command from the Start menu.
If you enable this policy setting, the Help command is removed from the Start menu.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Help command is available from the Start menu.
This policy setting only affects the Start menu. It does not remove the Help menu from File Explorer and does not prevent users from running Help.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- NoSMHelp-