Nick.Morris Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Hi all,Been busy getting my unattended stuff together over last few days for company i work in and got quite a bit of my standard setup sorted but couldnt find anything to do with hiding the desktop icon.Basically when you save stuff, in the drop down menu there is "desktop" listed. Is there any way to get rid of this (i know how to hide drives and done this)? Or alternatively is there any way to prevent people using the C drive (local drive(s))? I just want to encourage people to save on the network than on the local hard drive(s). So i am trying to prevent every way possible for them doing this, but thats the latest hurdle i have faced. Any ideas on a registry fix for this or another possible way?Thanx in advance peopleNick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfamonkey Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 I know it is possible to give permission to user throught windows. I think what you want is for it to automatically do that for you. I don't know of any ways to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick.Morris Posted July 27, 2004 Author Share Posted July 27, 2004 well i have managed to solve the saving anywhere on c:\ with using the "noviewondrive" and "nodrive" regfixes but hmm they can still able to save on desktop. i dont really fancy giving permissions on each pc (or was you thinking of something else?) as ideally would be an automated feature done in the build. we use novell at work and i guess there probably is a way to deploy some of this by netware/zenworks but then theres the problem of laptops offsite......so ideally a quick pc fix will be best solution but any help will be grateful CheersNick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BM]Crusher Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 if you want to use a security template which gets applied during the installation, have a look at these files on the windows cd/share:defltp.inf - xp homedefltwk.inf - xp prodefltsv.inf - server 2003they are compressed so you have to: expand, edit, makecab, overwrite originali havent had a look through the entire file but if it can be done, i'd guess this is the place to do ittry checking gosh's website i think he has some info on security template editing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BM]Crusher Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 oops double post - deleted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 this page may or may not prove useful....http://www.j79zlr.com/gphome.phpit deals with group policies, but I've never delved into group policies before (except on how to bypass them at work ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Let's have a fresh thought (and angle/point of view).Why not map the "Desktop" folder to a network location, instead of being on the local machine's C: drive? You could make the Desktop folder to be fetched from "\\ServerName\Profiles\%UserName%\Desktop".How to do the above?1. Of course, the folder by the user's name and desktop should already exist on the server (Novell Netware?).2. Then, on your existing windows install, this registry key should interest you:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]"Desktop"="\\\\ServerName\\Profiles\\%UserName%\\Desktop" Note the double-slashes wherever there's a single slash.3. Modify it (to actual variable path without double-slashes in registry, or to actual variable path with double-slashes if editing the .reg export).4. Save it and apply it during T-13 (through cmdlines.txt).This method is far simpler, and easily "Administrable". I suppose any mistake in the process I describe above can be easily 'trouble-shoot'ed by you (or the others helping you here). All the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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