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Disable Right Click for Public User

I'm setting up computers using the Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit.

Using all the lockdown options in the Shared Computer Toolkit the Public user still has too many options appearing after right-clicking on the desktop. There are two main problem areas. One are some display options provided by the manufacturer of the computer - including a 'rotation' option - not very good to have in a school environment. The other is "New" which allows access to some programmes that are on the computer which users shouldn't have access too.

Ideally I'd like to remove all right-click for public users.

Is this posssible?

Thanks

Using all the lockdown options in the Shared Computer Toolkit the Public user still has too many options appearing after right-clicking on the desktop. There are two main problem areas. One are some display options provided by the manufacturer of the computer - including a 'rotation' option - not very good to have in a school environment. The other is "New" which allows access to some programmes that are on the computer which users shouldn't have access too.

Ideally I'd like to remove all right-click for public users.

Is this posssible?

Thanks

Jim Brook.

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JimBrook

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Thanks decoleur... I'll use that if I must, but I'm really wanting a single user setting change here because I need to use the computer for other purposes with different logins. (Specifically I'm using one of the computers to develop images which are then copied to the others.)

Thanks swseemm... Could you provide details of what I'd put into this bat/cmd file to get this result?

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Thanks zweemm. The problem with this is that the Public account is under the control of the Windows Shared Computer Toolkit, and doesn't have access to the command prompt, even if I remove the list of restrictions applied to it.
So I need a way of making this registry change without being logged in as the user; I don't know how to do this. I could try elevating the user to Adminstrator for a while maybe but remembering that this Public user is under the control of Windows Shared Computer Toolkit software I am concerned about breaking something.

zwseemm

Can you run files at startup? If so you can run the .bat file at startup.

JimBrook

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Thanks, but SCT doesn't seem to allow this.
I've solved this to my reasonable satisfaction by disabling right click for all and then allowing for the Administrator account I use.