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More info?)
"Jo Winchester" <JoWinchester@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your reply.
>
> It's really the GPO setting that I'm after, I have looked through the User
> Administrative templates, but have not found it so far!
Those can be extended -- you might try the
Office Administrators toolkit/web site.
There are various ADM templates for extending
the GPOs to manage some parts of Office.
Perhaps what you need is in the samples or at least
documented.
--
Herb Martin
>
> "Herb Martin" wrote:
>
> > "Jo Winchester" <JoWinchester@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> > news:0E2B94AA-8AD1-44E9-9896-BC813FC7A77F@microsoft.com...
> > > Can anyone tell me if there are any GPO settings for XP or 2000 that
can
> > be
> > > used to configure the quick launch bar?
> >
> > You can practically always make (any) changes using a GPO
> > through either the Administrative Templates (registry settings)
> > section or through Windows Settings->Scripting by running
> > a program.
> >
> > But for specific (pre-configuration) settings...
> >
> > I don't know but look for it in the User portion of the GPO
> > since that is User specific generally. Any such settings
> > will likely be in Administrative Templates.
> >
> > > We have an annoying re-occurrence of the outlook icon in the quick
launch
> > > bar. It is possible to delete it manually, but it reappears as soon
as
> > > outlook is started.
> >
> > Likely Outlook is too specific for a pre-set item.
> >
> > I believe the recurrence is a Registry setting but the files can
> > be deleted with a (User) Logon Script that removes the .LNK files.
> >
> > This path (change) will find the files:
> >
> > cd /d %userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick
> > Launch
> >
> > Deleting these two items would likely fix it (at least temporarily):
> > Launch Microsoft Office Outlook.lnk
> > Launch Outlook Express.lnk (unless you want OE)
> >
> > --
> > Herb Martin
> >
> >
> >
> >