How to Hide the Start Menu
The Microsoft Windows Start Menu is your portal to the Internet, your programs and your files and documents. It allows you to navigate to your favorite programs with the click of a button. Contained within the Task Bar, the Start Menu can be easily hidden, in order to hide your personal data or to increase the usable screen space on your computer. It can be restored just as quickly, if you decide this option is not for you.
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Instructions
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Right click on the "Start Menu" button and select "Properties." This will bring up the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" window.
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Select the "Taskbar" tab.
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Check the box next to "Auto-hide the taskbar." Then click "Apply." The Task Bar, along with your Start Menu, will now be hidden. Close the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" window.
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Tips & Warnings
To unhide the Task Bar, hover over the location of your hidden Task Bar to bring it up. Return to the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" window.
If you decide to hide your Start Menu again, be sure to inform any novices that use your computer of how to locate the Start Menu, such as by hovering over its location on your screen.
As an alternative to hiding your Task Bar, Vista users can get the same full screen effect when using applications by unchecking the "Keep taskbar on top of other windows" box and selecting "Apply."
