Yes there are two options to do this. Either edit the Registry or use Group Policy.
1. For editing the Registry so the configuration can be applied to all users (and is enforced/locked down so users cannot modify it), you have to copy the settings from the HKCU\Software\IvoSoft branch to HKLM\Software\IvoSoft branch. Look up the settings in HKCU branch (current user) and copy them to HKLM to affect all users. But the Registry keys for settings in HKCU and HKLM are slightly different.
For HKCU, the settings are at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings For HKLM, the settings are at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu
Modify a setting in the Settings dialog to know its Registry name and value. Look it up in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings and then create the same configuration at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu (note that there is no 'Settings' subkey for HKLM).
Sometimes you may want to lock a setting to its default value, but you don't know what the default value is. Then create a DWORD value and set it to 0xDEFA.
In some cases you may not want to lock the value for all users, but simply modify the initial value of the setting. In such case add "_Default" to the name of the value. For example if you want to context menu to be disabled by default but still allow the users to enable it if they wish, create a DWORD value named "EnableContextMenu_Default" and set it to 0.
This is also explained in the 'Administrative Settings' section of the documentation. Right click the Start button and click Help.
2. Another method is Group Policy. The file, C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\PolicyDefinitions.zip includes the policy definitions. If you have an Active Directory domain, extract the files to %logonserver%\sysvol\%userdnsdomain%\policies\PolicyDefinitions\ or whatever your Group Policy Central Store is. For Local Group Policy, extract them to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions folder.
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