Restricting Access to Shell Settings
These are the restrictions you can apply to folders and user interface
options.
Explorer
- Preventing from coping a directory - Prevents coping directories
by Explorer .
- Preventing from moving a directory - Prevents moving directories
by Explorer .
- Preventing from deleting a directory - Prevents deleting directories
by Explorer .
- Preventing from renaming a directory - Prevents renaming directories
by Explorer .
Custom Folders
- Custom Programs Folder - These are the shortcuts that appear in the
Programs group on the Start menu. This option customizes the contents of the Programs
directory. Double click to select a path for the directory containing complete files or
LNK files that define the Programs directory items.
- Custom Desktop Icons - These are the shortcuts that appear on the
desktop. This option customizes desktop icons. Double click to select a path for the
directory containing complete files or LNK files that define the desktop shortcuts.
- Hide Start Menu subfolders - Set this when you use a custom Programs
folder. Otherwise, two Programs entries will appear on the user’s Start menu.
- Custom Startup Folder - These are the programs or batch files that
appear in the Startup group on the Start menu. This option customizes the contents of the
Startup directory. Double click to select a path for the directory containing complete
files or LNK files that define the Startup directory items.
- Custom Network Neighborhood - These are the shortcuts to resources that
appear in Network Neighborhood, including shortcuts to shared printers and files and to
Dial-Up Networking connections. Customizes the contents of Network Neighborhood. Double
click to select a path for the directory containing complete files or LNK files that
define the Network Neighborhood items.
- Custom Start Menu - These are the shortcuts and other options that
appear on the Start menu, as defined by using the Taskbar Properties dialog box. This
option customizes what is listed on the Start menu. Double click to select a path for the
directory containing complete files or LNK files that define the Start menu items.
Restrictions
- Remove ‘Run’ command - Prevents access to the Run command on
the Start menu.
- Remove Folders from ‘Settings’ on Start Menu - Prevents
access to any item listed under Settings on the Start menu.
- Remove Taskbar from ‘Settings’ on Start Menu - Prevents
access to the Taskbar item listed under Settings on the Start menu.
- Remove ‘Find’ command - Prevents access to any item listed
under Find on the Start menu.
- Hide Drives in ‘My Computer’ - Prevents display of drives in
My Computer.
- Hide Network Neighborhood - Prevents access to Network Neighborhood.
- No ‘Entire Network’ in Network Neighborhood - Prevents access
to the Entire Network icon in Network Neighborhood.
- No workgroup contents in Network Neighborhood - Prevents workgroup
contents from being displayed in Network Neighborhood.
- Hide all items on Desktop - Prevents access to all items on the
desktop.
- No View Context Menu - Remove context menu from Desktop (for Windows 98 only).
- No Tray Context Menu - Remove context menu from Task Bar and System Tray Bar (for
Windows 98 only).
- Disable Shut Down command - Prevents access to the Shut Down command on
the Start menu; displays explanation in a dialog box.
- Don’t save settings at exit - Prevents settings from being written
to the file system. When a user modifies the configuration of the Desktop or System these
modifications normally are saved in the Registry when Windows closes. You can prohibit
saving these modifications
- No System Key Combinations - this restriction prohibits users from using the
system key combinations Ctl-Alt-Del, Alt-Tab, Ctrl-Esc.
