How to disable right click on server desktop

[Guest Davey]

I want to disable on my W2003 terminal servers the users ability to right

click on the desktop and select New- Shortcut and access things I don't want

them to

 

Does anyone know how to do this

 

I don't want to disable all right click funtionality

[Guest Munindra Das [MSFT]]

Re: How to disable right click on server desktop

 

There is no direct way (GP, TS settings, etc) to do that. You can set the

permission on the desktop folders for the users such that they have only

read permission. That way they cannot add anything to it. You can also deny

read permission on specific folders.

 

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"Davey" <Davey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I want to disable on my W2003 terminal servers the users ability to right

> click on the desktop and select New- Shortcut and access things I don't

> want

> them to

>

> Does anyone know how to do this

>

> I don't want to disable all right click funtionality

>

[Guest TP]

Re: How to disable right click on server desktop

 

Hi,

 

The command for New-->Shortcut is stored here in the registry:

 

HKCR\.lnk\ShellNew

 

Below is one technique you can use:

 

1. Create a file using Notepad with the following contents:

>>> Begin file contents below this line

@echo off

del %1

exit

>>> End file contents above this line

 

2. Save it in C:\WINDOWS\system32 as dellnk.cmd

 

3. Right-click on your desktop and choose New-->Shortcut,

enter dellnk.cmd, click Next, click Finish.

 

4. Right-click on the new shortcut and choose Properties.

Change the Run setting to Minimized and then click OK.

 

5. *Copy* the new shortcut to the C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder

 

6. Open up regedit and navigate to the following key:

 

HKCR\.lnk\ShellNew

 

7. Right-click on the Command REG_SZ value and choose

Rename. Change the name to Command.backup

 

8. Right-click on the right-hand pane and choose New-->String

Value, enter Command for the name

 

9. Double-click the new Command value you just created

and enter the following:

 

dellnk.cmd.lnk "%1"

 

10. Click OK to save your changes. Test by right-clicking on

your desktop and choosing New-->Shortcut. If it is working

properly a New Shortcut file should appear momentarily but

quickly disappear.

 

11. If you want to restore the default shortcut behavior you can

restore the original value that you saved as Command.backup

 

If you want to disable shortcuts *only* for non-admins then you

could use a logon script or similar to create the above registry

entry in each non-admin user's HKCU\Software\Classes

*instead* of modifying HKCR.

 

-TP

 

Davey wrote:

> I want to disable on my W2003 terminal servers the users ability to

> right click on the desktop and select New- Shortcut and access things

> I don't want them to

>

> Does anyone know how to do this

>

> I don't want to disable all right click funtionality