{"id":6714,"date":"2016-04-26T02:31:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T02:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=6714"},"modified":"2016-04-26T02:34:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T02:34:56","slug":"windows-10-start-menu-restrict-rearranging-or-unpinning-tiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/windows-10-start-menu-restrict-rearranging-or-unpinning-tiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Start Menu: Restrict User from Rearranging or Unpinning Tiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there a way to prevent users unpinning tiles (apps\/programs) from Start Menu? You need to lock the Start Menu layout in order to restrict users from customizing or altering it. In previous post we’ve covered a registry hack to lock the Start Menu layout<\/a>. Here we’ll show you another two ways to restrict users from rearranging, pinning or unpinning tiles from Start Menu in Windows 10.<\/p>\n

\"unpin-from-start\"<\/p>\n

Method 1: Lock Start Menu Layout via Group Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Group Policy Editor is not available in Windows 10 Home. If you’re running the Home edition, please check out Method 2 below.<\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type gpedit.msc<\/strong> and hit Enter to access the Local Group Policy Editor<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n
  2. If you want to lock the Start Menu layout for all users, navigate to:
    \nComputer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar<\/code><\/p>\n

    \"computer-start-layout\"<\/p>\n

    If you just want to lock the Start Menu layout for the currently logged on user, navigate to:
    \nUser Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar > Start Layout<\/code><\/p>\n

    \"user-start-layout\"\n<\/li>\n

  3. \nOn the right-side of Local Group Policy Editor, double-click the entry labelled Start Layout<\/strong> to open its properties, select Enabled<\/strong>, and then click Apply<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    \"enable-start-layout\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \nReboot your PC to apply the changes. From now on, you couldn’t alter the Start Menu layout, pin a program to Start Menu, or unpin a tile.<\/p>\n

    \"locked-start-menu\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Lock Start Menu Layout via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. \nPress the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type regedit<\/strong> and hit Enter to access the Registry Editor.\n<\/li>\n
    2. \nIf you want to lock the Start Menu layout for all users, navigate to:
      \nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer<\/code><\/p>\n

      If you just want to lock the Start Menu layout for the currently logged on user, navigate to:
      \nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer<\/code><\/p>\n

      Note:<\/strong> If the Explorer<\/strong> subkey doesn’t exist, create it (from the Edit<\/strong> menu, select New<\/strong> > Key<\/strong> and type “Explorer<\/strong>” without the quotes).\n<\/li>\n

    3. \nFrom the right pane, right-click in the empty area and select New<\/strong> > DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>. Give the new registry value a name: LockedStartLayout<\/strong>. Double-click the created value, set it to 1<\/strong>, then click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

      \"LockedStartLayout\"\n<\/li>\n

    4. \nRestart the Explorer or reboot your PC to apply the changes. That’s it!\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Is there a way to prevent users unpinning tiles (apps\/programs) from Start Menu? You need to lock the Start Menu layout in order to restrict users from customizing or altering it. In previous post we’ve covered a registry hack to lock the Start Menu layout. Here we’ll show you another two ways to restrict users […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894],"tags":[2675,2676,2673,2674],"class_list":["post-6714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-block-users-from-pinning-tiles","tag-block-users-from-unpinning-tiles","tag-lock-start-menu-layout","tag-windows-10-start-menu-layout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6723,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714\/revisions\/6723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}