LKBEN11733: How to deactivate the context menu in Windows?
Symptom
You have to restrict a system and need to deactive the right click in the Windows menu.
Cause
This can be important for kiosk systems.
Solution
To deactivate the contex menu, you need to set a key in the registry. When the key is set in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, it is valid for all users. If set in HKEY_CURRENT_USER only this user will see the effect.
Valid for all users:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value Name DisableContextMenusInStart
Value Type REG_DWORD
Enabled Value 1
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 25/07/2024