July 29, 200422 yr By default all new users created on Windows XP seem to get three shortcuts in Start Menu\Programs:Internet ExplorerMedia PlayerRemote AssistanceI have removed these three shortcuts from the Default User profile and they are not present in the start menu for All Users. It seems that XP creates these shortcuts by default when a new user without a profile logs in. Once removed from the user's profile they stay gone however.Does anyone know how to disable the creation of these three shortcuts for new accounts?
July 29, 200422 yr You could have a RunOnceEx entry in the .DEFAULT user's registry... so that a batch file gets executed whenever a new user logs in for the first time and removes them. Not entirely sure how I'd go about doing it though, maybe someone else will have a suggestion?
August 2, 200422 yr Author That is actually not a bad idea. That would guarantee that the script is only run the first time a new user is created. Thanks for the suggestion.
August 2, 200422 yr There is a rundll32.exe command line switch to hide certain icons... not sure though
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