Disabling/Hiding/Restricting “Administrative Tools” from Start Menu for non-admin domain users

A quick trick: is to restrict access to non-admin users to below path that way they don’t get it working. 

C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsAdministrative Tools

Otherwise, the two options are to create a registry key or Group Policy Preference setting.

Registry:

SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced

StartMenuAdminTools: Decimal 0

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Group Policy User Preference Setting:

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