Classic context menu and Recommended Start Menu items/programs (Windows 11 23H2)

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Alex Corretor Do Brasil

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Sorry for being here every time I come here, I'm a regular user who really liked NTLite, I'm organizing myself to purchase a license for it, but I'm testing some options so I can actually decide to join.

How to disable the recommended items/programs functionality in the Windows 11 23h2 start menu and also make the context menu modern instead of the old one (classic menu), since both are correct in the preset settings as can be seen in the attached file .

See the images below and my image preset file.

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Home or Pro editions cannot hide the Recommended section from the Start Menu. You need to install a 3rd-party app like Explorer Patcher or StartAllBack.

Don't remove Client.CBS, this breaks the desktop UI.
 
Thank you for the explanation.

It's just that there are images that work in the same settings as the preset file and others that don't work for both the start menu and the modern context menu.

And thanks also for the tip from "Client.CBS"
 
garlin said:
Home or Pro editions cannot hide the Recommended section from the Start Menu. You need to install a 3rd-party app like Explorer Patcher or StartAllBack.

Don't remove Client.CBS, this breaks the desktop UI.
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How can you not disable start menu recommendations if Windows itself gives you this option to activate and reactivate?
 
W11 does provide a GPO policy to hide Recommendations, but it only works for EDU or Enterprise editions. This policy is entirely ignored on Home or Pro editions.

Explorer Patcher and StartAllBack work by injecting their own DLL functions, so their custom code decides how the UI is managed. This also means they will break whenever MS randomly releases new changes in the monthly updates.
 
Code: 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]
"HideRecommendedSection"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]
"HideRecommendedSection"=-
 
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