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easy: group policy server 2008 r2, where is this setting?

ok i've wasted 30 minutes digging thru the group policy management editor on server 2008 r2 and can't find this setting

on all of our terminal servers (same domain), the default selection action for files/icons/folders/etc is like:
hover = select
single-click = open/execute

i find this terribly annoying and rediculous - just try control-hovering to select multiple things - stupid. i need this turned off domain-wide... set it back to the regular old setup that everyone's been using for the last 20 years:
hover = whatever who cares
single-click = select
double-click = open/execute

not sure why microsoft got cute with R2 trying to reinvent the wheel here... but where -exactly- is this setting in the GP?

Darius Ghassem

Here is the area

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Personalization

Bryon H

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that's what i was thinking too but... i don't see it (?)

Bryon H

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o screenshot:
wtfgpo.jpg

Darius Ghassem

You looked at Prefrences?

Bryon H

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that one wasn't under admin\controlpanel but, here it is... personalization doesn't seem to be there, but folder options sounds close.

adding an entry for that, only yields what would be under Tools > folder options > view

gpo2.JPG

Bryon H

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actually now that i look into it further, and this probably helps diagnose:

on any server 2008 r2 server:
tools > folder options > general: "double click to open an item (single click to select)" IS enabled and hard coded (cant select single click) BUT the behavior is the opposite. hovering selects, single-click opens

on any server 2008 R1 server or before:
tools > folder options > general: "double click to open an item (single click to select)" IS enabled and hard coded (cant select single click) AND it behaves correctly

so even though the setting appears to be there for R2, it's not behaving as indicated (?)

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Bryon H

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i ran across this:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverTS/thread/984c714d-5dc0-4da4-ad8b-8688bf58cb24

and my gpo has always forced classic shell, the the behavior in r2 is still hover-to-select

gpo3.JPG
gpo4.JPG

Bryon H

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those 2 screenshots up there were taken from an R2 server ^^

Bryon H

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ok so opposing that MS link above, this guy over here says to DISABLE the classic shell... then you can manually set it per user (what?)

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26579065/Double-Click-not-working.html

i agree with him - "does anyone ever test this stuff...?"

going to try that

Darius Ghassem

Yes that is true that I why I was asking if you had classic shell on.

Bryon H

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wow so - the MS links say to make sure classic shell is ON - my group policy had it set ON, the applied gpo's resulted in it being ON when logging into the 2008 r2 servers ... but the undesirable behavior was still present - even though it clear as day says to use double-click.

i set a new gpo that applies only to our R2 servers, and disabled classic shell - and the settings are now exactly how i want them....

it sure looks like the classic shell though - which is good - but i guess this is one of those things where 2 no's make a yes.

so the real solution is to TURN OFF classic shell for R2 (i guess)

thanks a lot darius :)