XP Pro and Vista: Remove the Explorer File Menu

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From the computer of: William_Wilson (107 recipes)
Created: Mar 18, 2006     Updated: Mar 20, 2006

Add to:

quick policy to remove the entire 'File' Menu under Explorer

Often you wish to restrict your users' access to the File menu. Here is how it is done.

open the group policy editor
Start\Run type gpedit.msc

now move through the left pane to:
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer\

now to the right find the key: Remove File Menu from Windows Explorer
double click and select enable

This will remove the file menu from all menus controlled by explorer alone.


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-William. § (marvin_gohan)