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remove Help and Support from menu
Name: Shmanda Date: November 21, 2005 at 09:33:44 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro SP2 CPU/Ram: plenty
Comment:
Hi,
Does anyone know of a way to remove the "Help and Support" link from the start menu in Windows XP? I find myself clicking it accidentally and would rather have it gone, but can't find a way to trash it.
Name: Chuck 2 Date: November 21, 2005 at 09:46:16 Pacific
Reply:
Right click Start, Then Properties, then Customize button, then Advanced tab, then uncheck it in the "Start Menu Items" list.
Then if you need it later, you can do Windows key +F1
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Response Number 2
Name: Shmanda Date: November 23, 2005 at 10:33:23 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, but I guess I should have clarified - I am using the classic start menu view. I see now that there is an option to remove it in XP menu view, so I tried switching to that then removing it and switching back but the stupid link came back. Any other ideas?
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Response Number 3
Name: Shmanda Date: November 23, 2005 at 10:42:23 Pacific
Reply:
Ok, nevermind. I found it on another forum:
Run>gpedit.msc>user configuration>administrative templates>start menu and taskbar
This is a good place to find settings for a lot of things that are not in control panel....
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