Registry keys for removing certain Action Center Quick Action Buttons

Question

_{Friday, April 13, 2018 12:52 PM}

When you choose to disable a selection of Quick Action buttons in Action Center, that information must be stored somewhere. Does anyone know if this is in the registry and if so, what are the keys and values required?

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_{Monday, April 16, 2018 6:35 PM ✅Answered}

Hi, 

This doesn't disable any of the Quick Action buttons. I have seen this fix being pushed by many different sites, all it does is hide some buttons if you use the number 4 or hides all of them if you use 0. The users can still bring them all back by clicking "Expand" on the Action Pane.

After investigating myself I finally found the correct keys:

HKEY_USERS\S-xxxxx\Control Panel\Quick Actions\Pinned

So this will mean editing the same key but in HKLM in order to enforce it for all users. All that is required is removing the entries listed in this key and the Quick Action button is removed completely for the specific entry you remove from this key.

_{Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:49 AM}

1.In Start Search  type regedit  and press the Enter key.

2. Now go to following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\ActionCenter\Quick Actions

3. In right-side pane, you'll see PinnedQuickActionSlotCount DWORD. This DWORD determines the number of "Quick Actions" buttons to be shown in Action Center. By default the value of this DWORD is set to 4 which means 4 "Quick Actions" buttons are shown in Action Center and you can show all "Quick Actions" buttons using Expand button.

4. If you want to disable all "Quick Actions" buttons in Action Center, double-click on PinnedQuickActionSlotCount DWORD and change its value to 0

S.Sengupta,Microsoft MVP Windows and Devices for IT, Windows Insider MVP

_{Tuesday, June 4, 2019 9:31 AM}

Hello ProjectVRD,
Thanks for your answer. But unfortunately I did not find the key path "...Control Panel\Quick Actions\Pinned" in the HKLM. I need to disable the quick action for all users. 

I am also providing the link of my thread for your better understanding. 
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/25fe73a7-76bf-4d83-907b-b3988307f129/how-to-remove-screen-snip-quick-action-from-notofications-and-action-center?forum=win10itprosetup