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Shutdown and restart are missing from the start menu and Ctrl+Alt+Del menu.

Anonymous
2023-02-05T04:55:06+00:00

I don't know what's happened but the shutdown and restart options are non existent. The only way I could shutdown was through PowerShell typing 'shutdown /s'.

I am using Windows 10 Home so I cannot do 'gpedit.msc' in Run. I tried Registry Edit and going into the policies, explorer tab but I do not have NoClose.

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  1. Ramesh 176.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-05T14:55:21+00:00

    Please check this key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\Start

    Set "HideShutDown" to 0

    Set "HideRestart" to 0

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-05T05:00:27+00:00

    Hi Ramesh,

    In the second screenshot, it shows that I am in 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer'

    From other support articles, they don't say to delete NoClose? Only to change the value from 1 to 0.

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  2. Ramesh 176.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-05T04:57:54+00:00

    Have you checked here?

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

    Delete "NoClose" if found.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-05T12:30:28+00:00

    Sorry about that, when I input 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer' into the text box and press enter it just goes back to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

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  4. Ramesh 176.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-05T05:04:58+00:00

    The 2nd SS shows you're under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

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    The NoClose value can be deleted. It doesn't exist by default in Windows.

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