Automatically turning on desktop items in XP

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?)

On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:29:15 -0700, Jason Gallas <nospam@usenetserver.com>
wrote:

>Is there any way in group policy to automatically turn on "my
>computer", "my network places", "internet explorer" and "my documents"
>to be visible on windows xp desktops? It is annoying to have to make
>them visible every time I install a new desktop.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum]
"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000
"{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000
"{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000000



will do My computer, My Network Places, and Recycle Bin.

At value of 1 hides them.



Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?)

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 09:18:18 -0400, Jerold Schulman <Jerry@jsiinc.com>
wrote:

 n Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:29:15 -0700, Jason Gallas <nospam@usenetserver.com>
:wrote:
:
:>Is there any way in group policy to automatically turn on "my
:>computer", "my network places", "internet explorer" and "my documents"
:>to be visible on windows xp desktops? It is annoying to have to make
:>them visible every time I install a new desktop.
:
:REGEDIT4
:
:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum]
:"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000
:"{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000
:"{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000000
:
:
:
:will do My computer, My Network Places, and Recycle Bin.
:
:At value of 1 hides them.

Thanks, how would I apply this registry setting with a GPO?