Disable Windows XP Style Start Menu Forever

Disable Windows XP Style Start Menu Forever
This registry hack forces the use of the classic windows start menu and disables the Windows XP style menu. Good hack for admins.

1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. Click OK.

2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then
SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Policies
then Explorer

3. Double-click on NoSimpleStartMenu if it exists.

If it doesn’t, right-click on ADVANCED and Select NEW–>DWORD VALUE and name it NoSimpleStartMenu

4. Set this value to 1 to disable the XP menu.

This setting will permanently disable the Windows XP style Start Menu unles the policy or registry is changed.