Windows 7 Beta: Remove the Send Feedback Link from the Title Bar

Contributed by shamanstears

January 12, 2009

Tagged: Microsoft Windows 7

1. Open Notepad.

2. Copy and paste the following into the new text document:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "FeedbackToolEnabled"=dword:00000000

3. Save the document as remove_send_feedback_link.reg.

4. Double-click the new file to merge it into the Registry.

5. Continue through the UAC prompt and confirm that you wish to perform the action.

6. Logoff and then log back on to your account.

The Send Feedback link is now removed.

Dan Morin

Since this is beta software, it really would have been appropriate to urge people to only do this if they're actually having problems with it. Otherwise, it's everyone's responsibility to actually submit feedback so they can help improve the OS rather than take advantage of it for now and then complain about its deficiencies later.

Travis

I understand that about giving feedback to Microsoft to help improve the OS. However, it would be more effective and less annoying when trying to move a window if you didn't have a link on every single window for feedback, and instead had an icon or a start menu place that you could click on to send feedback. I had to disable the send feedback link because every time I went to move a window I was clicking on Send Feedback.

Andy

I really agree with Travis. I have recently broke my 22 inch Acer plasma screen and now using a 16 inch lcd. Every time I would try to minimize, i would hit the send feedback link.
very interesting tip though. works great although I still recommend using the feedback tool so we can help make windows a better OS.

TedM

Wow... it's so simple... wow...

That's, worked like a charm, took me less than 45 seconds (Timed it!)

Dump

Strange, it don't works for me, even after restart :\ and now I can't turn on the defender o.0

freggeln

Does not work for me either, maybe it is because I'm using the German x64 of Windows 7 Beta

tp

Didn't work for me at first on x64, but going back into registry, the value was 3 for some reason. I changed it to 0 and it worked fine.

mkjones

I had to replace the " " quotes with new ones to get this to work. Copy/Paste didn't work ;)

Dmitry

Yeah, just gotta replace the quotes and works like a charm, takes about 30 seconds

=) Thanks

Spiktsu Tsunani

At first it didnt work for me either.. so i changed the value to (0) as GuardianFX mentioned..
Then it worked... ;)