Show/Hide Security Tab in Windows 10

Using Windows Registry

Open the registry of your system by typing “regedit.exe" in Run window. And go to following directory
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Policies\Explorer

When you open it, in right window you’ll see the “NoSecurityTab" change its value to 1 by modifying it. And refresh your window. And here you go. Security tabs from each folder will hide from every one.

Whenever you want to show it again, again go to same registry path and set its value to 0 again, the security tab will be visible again.

Using Group Policy Editor

You can also show/hide “Security" tab through Group Policy editor. Open the “Local Group Policy editor" by writing it in Start Menu. Then open the first result it gives you on typing.
Now open the User Configuration\Administrative Tools\Windows Components\File Explorer and double click on it, now open Remove Security Tab from right hand side window.

When you open “Remove Security Tab", there is 3 options: not configured, enable and disable.
If you want to remove Security Tab, select the “enable" and if don’t then press on “disable".

After selecting any option press “OK" and your settings will be changed. This is another easy and simple way to hide/show Security tab.

Using command line

Giving specific commands on Command Line Window can also enable or disable the “Security" tab.
Following are commands for enabling and disabling the “Security" tab.

Enable Security Tab

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v Nosecuritytab /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Disable Security Tab

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v Nosecuritytab /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

After entering your required command, press enter and close the CMD and you are done with enabling or disabling the Security Tab.
Above three are easy and simple ways for your problem of enabling or disabling the Security Tab. You can go for anyone of them. All are simple and reliable ways.

Windows 10 Start menu not working after joined to Domain

here may be many scenarios this could happen.  in this scenario you may be having a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller with this kind of group policy setting for registry (this is not a default group policy setting)


And These are the Default Permissions for this Registry Entry


The problem is For windows 10 “CLASSES_ROOT” need more permission to Access Windows Start menu settings
With Windows 2008 R2 Domain controllers this permission group is not available.If you need to add customized group policy settings for “CLASSES_ROOT” you need to have Windows 2012 R2 Domain controller or server 2016 domain Controller in your environment.

This is a screen shot from default settings for “CLASSES_ROOT” in Server 2016 Domain controller



What happen is When you modify that Registry entry with a Group policy in Windows 2008 R2 domain controller.Windows 10 Client PC will loss “ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES” FROM reading CLASSES_ROOT Registry permissions.
If your having only Windows 2008 R2 domain controller.
Delete This Group policy setting
Computer configuration > policies > Windows settings > Security Settings > registry > “CLASSES_ROOT”
run “gpupdate /force” on windows 10 Client PC
Login to Windows 10 PC As Domain Administrator
Go to Registry (Press Windows key + R and type regedit and press enter)
right click HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT And click permission and add “ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES” Group from LOCAL computer and give read only permission

Then click “Advanced” Button and tick “Replace all child object permission entire with inheritable permission entries from the object” and click apply it might take some time to apply settings.click OK and close registry editor and reboot.
If you have  introduced a 2012 R2 or a Server 2016 Domain controller to the existing domain with 2008 R2 you can just edit the Group policy setting for CLASSES_ROOT From 2012 R2 Domain controller Group policy editor and edit CLASSES_ROOT and click on “Add” Button > click “Location” Button > Select “LOCAL COMPUTER NAME” and Click OK.
Click “Advanced” And click “Find” then Select “ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES” Group click OK Twice and give “Read only” permissions for “ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES” Group.Click OK to save. run a “gpupdate /force” on the client computer and reboot.
that’s it, hope this will help to fix start menu not working problem in windows 10 ,even if your not in a domain environment you can just check this registry entry for correct permissions.