Show or Hide Shutdown options in Start Menu

Show or Hide Shutdown options in Start Menu

How to show or hide Shutdown options in Start Menu in Windows Vista?

METHOD ONE:
Through the Local Group Policy Editor

Start Menu with Shutdown options:

Start Menu without Shutdown options:

EXAMPLE: Ctrl+Alt+Del Shutdown Options Before and After
NOTE: Notice the red shutdown options box is gone when this is enabled.

You can accomplish this in the following manner:

1) Open Local Group Policy Editor window.

To open and view Local Group Policy Editor follow these steps:

1A) Click Start menu button

1B) Type or copy gpedit.msc in the search box and hit Enter key as shown above.

The Local Group Policy Editor window:

2) Navigate to the folder

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar in the left pane

3) Now double click the option Remove and prevent access to the Shutdown, Restart,Sleep, and Hibernate commands in the right pane.

4) In the Remove and prevent access to the Shutdown, Restart,Sleep, and Hibernate commands Properties windows click the dot Not Configured or Disabled to show Shutdown options in Start Menu

OR

Click the dot Enabled to hide Shutdown option in Start Menu

5) Click Apply and then OK button

6) Close Local Group Policy Editor.

METHOD TWO:
Through the Registry

1. Open the Start Menu.

2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter.

3. Click on the Continue button in the UAC prompt.

4. In regedit, go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

NOTE: If you do not have Explorer, then right click on Polices and click on New and Key. Type Explorer and press Enter.

5. To Remove Shutdown Options -

   A) In the right pane, right click on a empty area and click on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value, then type NoClose and press Enter.

   B) Right click on NoClose and click on Modify.

   C) Type 1 and click on OK.

6. To Show Shutdown Options -

   A) In the right pane, right click on NoClose and click on Delete.

   B) Click on Yes to confirm deletion.

   C) In regedit, go to:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

   D) In the right pane, repeat steps 6A and 6B if NoClose is there to.

7. Close regedit.

8. Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply the changes.