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Yarisyoyo
Jan 29, 2026Bronze Contributor
How to Remove These Annoying Category Folders in the Windows 11 Start Menu?
Need help! Many category folders (such as "Productivity tools," "Creativity," "Games," etc.) have automatically appeared in my Start Menu, grouping the application icons that were previously displaye...
AIzzamiStaCepp
Feb 25, 2026Copper Contributor
just add those 2 dword in the registry as kadeschs suggested and you get rid of categories as before :)
Timothy1525
Mar 03, 2026Steel Contributor
Which two dword? Could you pls share more details about this trick.
- Maxim4ikMay 17, 2026Copper Contributor
he talking about
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
new DWORD 32bit
NoStartMenuMorePrograms
another oneStart_ShowClassicMode
and set both to 1, but i already try it and i have no changes, still you can try this.