---
title: "Start Menu Recommendations"
description: "Toggles the recommendations section in the Start Menu. WARNING: This will also disable Windows Spotlight on your Lock Screen as a side effect."
editUrl: false
---

:::note
This page is generated from [`config/tweaks.json`](https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/blob/main/config/tweaks.json). Do not edit this page directly.
:::

```json title="config/tweaks.json"
  "WPFToggleStartMenuRecommendations": {
    "Content": "Start Menu Recommendations",
    "Description": "Toggles the recommendations section in the Start Menu. WARNING: This will also disable Windows Spotlight on your Lock Screen as a side effect.",
    "category": "Customize Preferences",
    "panel": "2",
    "Type": "Toggle",
    "registry": [
      {
        "Path": "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\PolicyManager\\current\\device\\Start",
        "Name": "HideRecommendedSection",
        "Value": "0",
        "Type": "DWord",
        "OriginalValue": "1",
        "DefaultState": "true"
      },
      {
        "Path": "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\PolicyManager\\current\\device\\Education",
        "Name": "IsEducationEnvironment",
        "Value": "0",
        "Type": "DWord",
        "OriginalValue": "1",
        "DefaultState": "true"
      },
      {
        "Path": "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer",
        "Name": "HideRecommendedSection",
        "Value": "0",
        "Type": "DWord",
        "OriginalValue": "1",
        "DefaultState": "true"
      }
    ],
    "InvokeScript": [
      "
      Invoke-WinUtilExplorerUpdate -action \"restart\"
      "
    ],
    "UndoScript": [
      "
      Invoke-WinUtilExplorerUpdate -action \"restart\"
      "
    ],
  }
```

## Registry Changes

Applications and System Components store and retrieve configuration data to modify Windows settings, so we can use the registry to change many settings in one place.

You can find information about the registry on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry) and [Microsoft's Website](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sysinfo/registry).
