IntelliMenus

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Description

Enables and disables personalized menus.

This entry stores the setting of the Use Personalized Menus check box in the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box.

Windows 2000 personalizes a long menu by moving recently used items to the top of the menu and by hiding items that have not been used recently. Users can display the hidden items by clicking an arrow to extend the menu.

Change method

To change the value of this entry, from the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Taskbar & Start Menu. On the General tab, select or clear the Use Personalized Menus check box.

Note

This entry can be superceded by a Group Policy included in Windows 2000. While the Disable Personalized Menus policy is in effect, the system removes the Use Personalized Menus check box from the Start menu and ignores this entry. The setting of the Disable Personalized Menus policy is stored in the value of Intellimenus in the Policies subkey. If users cannot find the Use Personalized Menus option, check the setting of the Disable Personalized Menus policy.

Personalized menus require user tracking. If the Disable user tracking policy is in effect, Group Policy sets the value of NoInstrumentation to 1. As a result, the system disables user tracking and personalized menus and ignores the value of Intellimenus.

Tip

For detailed information about particular Group Policies, see the Windows 2000 Resource Kit Group Policy Reference.

For general information about Group Policy, see Windows 2000 Server Help or Windows 2000 Professional Help.

Related Entries

Intellimenus (Policies subkey)

NoInstrumentation