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Banishing "Browse the Web" from the Win95 Start Menu

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First post, by Andrew T.

Posted on 2019-06-05, 00:19

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This week, I've been reviving a Pentium III system with Windows 95...and after a rocky start with an uncooperative network card, things are going more smoothly.

Except for one small matter: A mysterious, annoying "Browse the Web" option has planted itself in the root level of the Start Menu. I've never seen this appear before on Win95, and I'm not sure which software title, driver, or system update slipped it in. (The system doesn't have IE installed.) How do I get rid of this?!

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Reply 1 of 6, by Caluser2000

Posted on 2019-06-05, 07:16

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http://www.tech2u.com.au/training/tech2u/win9 … /startmenu.html

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Reply 2 of 6, by Fusion

Posted on 2019-06-05, 19:30

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I've never seen that before either. Weird. Let us know if you ever figure out what put it there.

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Reply 3 of 6, by keropi

Posted on 2019-06-05, 19:46

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most likely that's a registry entry , maybe some windows customization software can remove it?

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Reply 4 of 6, by Andrew T.

Posted on 2019-06-05, 19:50

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Caluser2000 wrote:
http://www.tech2u.com.au/training/tech2u/win9 … /startmenu.html

That's just a tutorial to edit the Programs tree of the Start Menu, which is trivial for any user. My beef with the "Browse the Web" option is that it doesn't appear in the Programs tree...it appears in the lower reaches of the root level of the menu, where it can't be removed by ordinary means...and where extra items can't be placed to begin with unless you're a Microsoft software developer or an intrepid hex editor!

But, some good news...the problem has been solved! I traced this to a later, 2002-dated version of the "explorer.exe" executable that had become installed (I haven't traced the source, but it was most likely the "unofficial service pack" I had ironed on earlier). Reverting to the original 1996-dated explorer.exe made the unwanted menu item go away. 😀

Reply 5 of 6, by Fusion

Posted on 2019-06-05, 20:25

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Another reason why 'unofficial' service packs usually suck.

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Reply 6 of 6, by Caluser2000

Posted on 2019-06-05, 23:59

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I've had absolutely no problems with unoficial updates. In fact at times they are more robust than official ones. Just need to look at Windows 10 updates to see that.

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Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
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