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Enable Quick launch with group policy
We are just about to roll out XP Pro with SP2 as our new SOE, we have locked
down the desktop for all users apart from the few that have local Admin rig
hts.
By default, the Quick Launch bar is not there when you first log in, as a us
er with Administrator priv, I can go into properties of the "Task and Start
menu" and turn it on. But normal users who are locked down by security poli
cies do not have that luxury.
Can some one tell me how I can have "Quick Launch" enabled for all our users
via Group Policy or as a registry hack rather than relaxing the current Gro
up Policies that we have in place.
Thanks.
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enabling and disabling through Registry and then creating a bath file to run through Group Policy :-
http://www.theeldergeek.co
I`m sorry, but I posted in the wrong forum. The OS I`m talking about is Win XP. I`ve got Win 2000 Server, but have imported the policies from Windows Server 2003.
I`ve enabled "Classic start menu" through a gp. And now I want the Quick Launch to be enabled.
PS: Maybe a moderator could move this thread to the Win XP forum?
ok
You can remove/add the quick launch icons by setting the following registry entry to 0 and 1.
1 = Enable
0 = Disable
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
If the icons are missing and you want them, simply delete the above value.
You need to create a batch file to process this value through Group Policy [ either Login Script or Run these programs ]
Create a .REG file and put the following contents in it :-
From here :-
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWA
"ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00
"ClassicShell"="1"
Upto Here :-
I put this in a file called quick_launch.reg:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWA
"ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00
"ClassicShell"="1"
And called it from quick_launch.bat
I created a test-user which runs quick_launch.reg when he logs on.
But the quick launch is still missing...
To make it clear what I mean:
http://home.no.net/thunder
http://home.no.net/thunder
http://home.no.net/thunder
Isn`t these right?
When I log on the Start menu is classic, but the quick launch menu isn`t there...
This doesn't seem to be a simple registry setting.
You can download a zip file here that contains (among other tweaks) a registry entry to enable the QL bar on XP: http://www.msfn.org/board/
And according to this thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/
Good luck.
So I need to make a *.reg file containing this?:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWAR
"TaskbarWinXP"=hex:0c,00,0
d8,64,57,d0,11,a9,6e,00,c0
01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
00,00,00,c0,00,00,00,00,00
bd,01,00,d8,9e,e4,2a,8d,bd
00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
d0,20,ea,3a,69,10,a2,d8,08
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
b9,10,80,57,69,6e,6e,74,00
72,6f,66,69,6c,65,73,00,50
c1,24,08,92,10,00,69,65,35
c1,24,08,92,10,00,41,70,70
50,4c,49,43,7e,31,00,21,00
6f,73,6f,66,74,00,4d,49,43
32,a6,10,00,49,6e,74,65,72
45,52,4e,7e,31,00,24,00,31
20,4c,61,75,6e,63,68,00,51
00,00,01,00,00,00,1c,00,00
00,03,00,00,00,e7,18,2d,23
5c,57,49,4e,4e,54,5c,50,72
5c,41,70,70,6c,69,63,61,74
66,74,5c,49,6e,74,65,72,6e
6b,20,4c,61,75,6e,63,68,00
00,00,00,00,00,08,00,00,00
4a,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,40
6e,63,68,20,49,6e,74,65,72
77,73,65,72,2e,6c,6e,6b,00
00,00,00,02,00,00,00,36,00
63,68,20,4f,75,74,6c,6f,6f
55,4e,43,48,7e,31,2e,4c,4e
51,00,00,00,ec,22,46,39,20
66,00,53,48,4f,57,44,45,7e
00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00
00,00,00,01,00,00,00,aa,4f
00,00,e0,00,00,00,00,00,00
00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00
If that's what you found in the archive, then that might work. Note the other thread: you seem to have to apply this in the HKCU's RunOnce key to keep the setting permanent. It could work as well if you open the task manager, kill explorer.exe, start regedit with the file above from task manager's file menu, and then start Explorer again from the task manager's file menu as well; but I haven't tested either solution.
Try it with a test account; if this messes up things, all you have to do is delete the test user's profile.
On the other hand, if you haven't rolled out the machines yet, you also have the option of creating a profile that has the QL bar enabled (and all the other settings you want as default), and use this as default profile for new users logging in. Have a look here:
How To Create a Custom Default User Profile
http://support.microsoft.c
The Desktop.ini File Does Not Work Correctly When You Create a Custom Default Profile
http://support.microsoft.c
How To Create a Custom Default User Profile
http://support.microsoft.c
I`ve tried it twice. All settings except the quick launch-enabling works. I really don`t understand why the quick launch is such a headache...
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by: SystmProgPosted on 2005-01-05 at 23:43:25ID: 12969951
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