removing explorer bar from folder view menu

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D. York

I am trying to "lock down" PC's located out in a manufacturing environment
running Windows XP Pro SP2.

I've got it just about the way I want it with one exception. I have created
icons on the desktop for their mapped drives. But these drives contain the
view menu in uppper left hand corner. If you click on view menu - you have
the option for explorer bar.

Can I remove the view menu or the explorer bar option?
 
When you said that you created icons on the desktop for the mapped drives,
I'm assuming that you created them as shortcuts?
The view menu, is this caused by right-clicking on the icon (to display the
Context Menu)?
 
No - the view menu shows when you double click on the mapped drive icon -
this shows the content of the users drive - but at the top - you get the
file, edit, view items in the upper left hand corner.

I would like to remove that view all together or atleast stop the explorer
bar being listed when you click on view.
 
figured it out. Thanks anyway

D. York said:
No - the view menu shows when you double click on the mapped drive icon -
this shows the content of the users drive - but at the top - you get the
file, edit, view items in the upper left hand corner.

I would like to remove that view all together or atleast stop the explorer
bar being listed when you click on view.
Click to expand...
 
Yes, I would be happy to share what I found:

Goto regedit

under HKLM, HKEY CLASSES ROOT, CLSID

The CLSID for explorer bar is: EFA24E640-B078-11D0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E

Backup the registry & then delete this entry. You can still click on
View/Explorer Bar/Folders - but they will be greyed out - so the user cannot
do anything - that solved my problem. Hope this will help.
 
There was a typo in my last post - in the Explorer Bar CLSID-

It should be: EFA24E64-B078-11D0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E

sorry for any inconvenience, responding right away as to save any confusion
 
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