GPO setting for quick launch

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"Jo Winchester" <JoWinchester@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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

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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!

"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
>
>
>
>

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"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
> >
> >
> >
> >

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It should not re-appear every time you launch outlook - only the very first
time that you create the profile for any new user when you configure the
e-mail server settings.

Are you using a standardized image for your client machines? If so, is the
hidden default user profile in your image configured with this x-tra outlook
icon in the quick launch bar? As you know, all new local profiles are using
this profile as a template to create each new user profile on the client?

Best Regards,

John Powell




"Jo Winchester" wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if there are any GPO settings for XP or 2000 that can be
> used to configure the quick launch bar?
> We have an annoying re-occurance 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.

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"John Powell" <JohnPowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> It should not re-appear every time you launch outlook - only the very
first
> time that you create the profile for any new user when you configure the
> e-mail server settings.
>

I think you will find that the Outlook icon is being
produced by a registry setting so if you only remove
the shortcut it WILL just return.

One has to remove the registry setting.

--
Herb Martin


> Are you using a standardized image for your client machines? If so, is the
> hidden default user profile in your image configured with this x-tra
outlook
> icon in the quick launch bar? As you know, all new local profiles are
using
> this profile as a template to create each new user profile on the client?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> John Powell
>
>
>
>
> "Jo Winchester" wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me if there are any GPO settings for XP or 2000 that can
be
> > used to configure the quick launch bar?
> > We have an annoying re-occurance 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.