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How can i prevent users double clicking the Startup Folder which launches Explorer
Im using a small program called "Access Manager" which has an easy
interface for putting polices on a number of different PCs I have. I have locked down a lot of stuff (blank desktop etc) as i only want the user to access 1 icon in the Start, programs menu. Also in here is a folder called Startup (which is empty) but if the user double clicks the Startup item then it launches an Explorer Window at the Startup folder location, which in turn gives them access to the C Drive which i want to prevent. I dont want to disable the double-click functionality. Windows wont let me delete the Startup folder so is there any way around this? TIA Douglas |
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Perhaps this article will tell you how:
Using Poledit: Policy Editor to help secure Windows 95/98 computers: http://www.zisman.ca/poledit/ Otherwise I would try renaming the explorer.exe file so that Windows Explorer can't be run. Eric, http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/ http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- Im using a small program called "Access Manager" which has an easy interface for putting polices on a number of different PCs I have. I have locked down a lot of stuff (blank desktop etc) as i only want the user to access 1 icon in the Start, programs menu. Also in here is a folder called Startup (which is empty) but if the user double clicks the Startup item then it launches an Explorer Window at the Startup folder location, which in turn gives them access to the C Drive which i want to prevent. I dont want to disable the double-click functionality. Windows wont let me delete the Startup folder so is there any way around this? TIA Douglas . |
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Explorer.exe also creates the desktop, start menu, etc., and poledit cannot
help so I don't believe those ideas will help. The startup folder can be deleted from a DOS prompt; however, I believe it is rebuilt at some point in the boot process. Perhaps you could experiment with a batch file that deletes the folder after the point where it is rebuilt. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Eric" wrote in message ... Perhaps this article will tell you how: Using Poledit: Policy Editor to help secure Windows 95/98 computers: http://www.zisman.ca/poledit/ Otherwise I would try renaming the explorer.exe file so that Windows Explorer can't be run. Eric, http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/ http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- Im using a small program called "Access Manager" which has an easy interface for putting polices on a number of different PCs I have. I have locked down a lot of stuff (blank desktop etc) as i only want the user to access 1 icon in the Start, programs menu. Also in here is a folder called Startup (which is empty) but if the user double clicks the Startup item then it launches an Explorer Window at the Startup folder location, which in turn gives them access to the C Drive which i want to prevent. I dont want to disable the double-click functionality. Windows wont let me delete the Startup folder so is there any way around this? TIA Douglas . |
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