Control Smart Menus

By | 2007-05-03

Windows 2000 included a new feature called ‘Personalized Menus’, which remembers which items you use regularly and hides items you don’t. This tweaks allows you to enable or disable this functionality.
Open your registry and find the key mentioned below.

Create a new string value, or modify the the existing value, named ‘IntelliMenus’. Modify the value to equal ‘YES’ to enable smart menus or ‘NO’ to disable them.

Exit your registry and log off for the changes to take effect.

Note: By using the same key except under the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE] tree the tweak can be enforced system wide, instead of only user based.

Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
Value Name: IntelliMenus
Data Type: REG_SZ
Data: YES or NO

Author: dwirch

Derek Wirch is a seasoned IT professional with an impressive career dating back to 1986. He brings a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience that is invaluable to those embarking on their journey in the tech industry.

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